Fossil Mountain
Fossil Mountain is a mountain located south of Skoki Mountain in Banff National Park, Canada. The mountain was named in 1906 by M.P. Bridgland, of the first ascent party, after the numerous fossils that can be found on its slopes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brachiopod Mountain and Ptarmigan Peak.
Brachiopod Mountain
Peak
Brachiopod Mountain was named by James F. Porter for the fossil brachiopods found in the Devonian limestone of the mountain. It is located in the Slate Range, a subset of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada.
Ptarmigan Peak
Peak
Photo: Graham Lewis, CC BY 2.0.
Ptarmigan Peak is a mountain located near Pika Peak in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The mountain was named in 1909 by J.W.A. Hickson, who named it after encountering several rock ptarmigan in the meadows below the peak.
Skoki Mountain
Peak
Photo: Orlandkurtenbach, Public domain.
Skoki Mountain is a mountain located in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is situated towards the east of the Skoki Valley, at the head of the Red Deer River, and is part of the Slate Range.
Fossil Mountain
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,946 metres
- Description: mountain in Alberta, Canada
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Improvement District No. 9, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
51.5028° or 51° 30′ 10″ northLongitude
-116.0456° or 116° 2′ 44″ westElevation
2,946 metres (9,665 feet)Open location code
9535GX33+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 2689320546OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Fossil Mountain” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fossil Mountain”
- Cebuano: “Fossil Mountain (bukid sa Canada)”
- Cebuano: “Fossil Mountain”
- Dutch: “Fossil Mountain”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل فوسيل”
- Hebrew: “הר פוסיל”
- Ladin: “Fossil Mountain”
- Swedish: “Fossil Mountain (berg i Kanada)”
- Swedish: “Fossil Mountain”
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Highlights include Baker Lake and Deception Pass.
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