Loma Prieta
Loma Prieta is the highest peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California, measuring 3,790 feet in height. Although the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake was named for this mountain, the actual epicenter was five miles southwest of the peak, across the San Andreas Fault, in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park.
- Peak rising to 3,766 feet (1,148 metres)
- Description: mountain in California, United States
- Also known as“Loma Prieto”“Mount Bache”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Crystal Peak and Mount Chual.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loma Chiquita and Mountain Home.
Loma Prieta
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Latitude
37.11092° or 37° 6′ 39″ north
Longitude
-121.84428° or 121° 50′ 39″ west
Open location code
849W4564+97
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Loma Prieta” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Loma Prieta”
- Cebuano: “Loma Prieta (bukid sa Estados Unidos, California)”
- Cebuano: “Loma Prieta”
- Chinese: “洛馬-普裏塔”
- Chinese: “洛馬普里塔”
- Dutch: “Loma Prieta”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل لوما پريتا”
- French: “pic Loma Prieta”
- French: “Pic Loma Prieta”
- German: “Loma Prieta”
- Irish: “Loma Prieta”
- Ladin: “Loma Prieta”
- Polish: “Loma Prieta”
- Slovenian: “Loma Prieta”
- Ukrainian: “Лома Прієта”
- Ukrainian: “Лома-Прієта”
- Urdu: “لوما پریتا”
- Vietnamese: “Đồi Đen”
- Vietnamese: “Loma Prieta”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Loma Chiquita and Casa Loma Volunteer Fire Association.
California: Highlights
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