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”
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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
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = peak
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Loma Prieta” goes by many names.
Loma PrietaCatalan
Loma PrietaCebuano
Loma Prieta (bukid sa Estados Unidos, California)Cebuano
洛馬-普裏塔Chinese
洛馬普里塔Chinese
Loma PrietaDutch
جبل لوما پريتاEgyptian Arabic
Loma PrietaIrish
Loma PrietaLadin
Loma PrietaPolish
Loma PrietaSlovenian
Лома ПрієтаUkrainian
لوما پریتاUrdu
Đồi ĐenVietnamese
Loma PrietaVietnamese
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