Mount Lloyd George
{{Short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}}
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| elevation_m = 2938
| elevation_ref = {{sfn|Mount Lloyd George - Bivouac.com}}
| prominence_m = 1208
| prominence_ref = {{sfn|Mount Lloyd George - Bivouac.com}}
| range = {{unbulleted list|Muskwa Ranges|Northern Rocky Mountains}}
| parent_peak = Mount Sylvia
| listing = Mountains of British Columbia
| country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = British Columbia
| district = Peace River Land District
| map = Canada British Columbia
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| map_caption = Location in British Columbia
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| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Lloyd George
| coordinates = {{coord|57.895556|N|124.998056|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=JBKJC|name=Mount Lloyd George|access-date=2022-07-17}}
| topo_map = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|94|F|15}}
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| first_ascent = 17 July 1947, Noel Odell, Frank Smythe, Henry S. Hall Jr, Rex Gibson, John H. Ross, David Wessel{{cite journal | title = An expedition to the Lloyd George Mountains of North-East British Columbia | journal =Alpine Journal| date=1948| issn= 0065-6569 | first =Frank S.| last = Smythe | volume =#56 | pages= 354-359 | access-date =15 October 2024 |url = https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1948_files/AJ56%201948%20354-359%20Smythe%20British%20Columbia.pdf }}{{cite journal | title = Lloyd George Mountains: First Ascents | journal =American Alpine Journal| date=1948| issn= 0065-6925 | first =Henry S. Jr.| last = Hall | volume =#7 | pages=19-24 | access-date =16 October 2024 |url = http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12194801900/Lloyd-George-Mountains-First-Ascents }}
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Mount Lloyd George is a {{convert|2938|m|adj=on}} peak in British Columbia, Canada, rising to a prominence of {{convert|1208|m}} above Lloyd George Pass. The mountain is located NE of Haworth Lake in Kwadacha Wilderness Provincial Park.{{cite bcgnis|id=20411|title=Mount Lloyd George|access-date=2022-07-17}} Its line parent is Mount Sylvia, {{convert|37|km}} away. It is part of the Northern Rocky Mountains.{{sfn|Mount Lloyd George - Bivouac.com}}
Geology
Lying in the Muskwa Ranges, Mount Lloyd George is a castellated limestone and quartzite peak.{{sfn|US Geological Survey|1998|p=1200}}
The diamictite sedimentary deposits of the mountain, several kilometers thick, date to the late Precambrian and probably have a glacial-marine origin.{{sfn|Anderson|Molnia|1989|p=6}}
The age of the diamictite is not certain. It may be associated with either the Toby or the Vreeland formations of the North American Cordillera.{{sfn|Arnaud|Halverson|Shields-Zhou|2012|p=421}}
Ice field
The Lloyd George Icefield in 1998 covered over {{convert|70|km2}}.{{sfn|US Geological Survey|1998|p=1275}}
There is a major concentration of glaciers around the mountain. The icefield is about {{convert|19|km}} from north to south and {{convert|13|km}} from east to west, bounded by the Warneford River and the Tuchodi River.
The small Llanberis Glacier flows west from the icefield to Hawarth Lake. The larger Kwadacha and Lloyd George glaciers drain the icefield to the east.{{sfn|US Geological Survey|1998|p=1277}}
Name
The mountain was named by Paul Leland Haworth after David Lloyd George, the British Prime Minister towards the end of World War I. In the words of Raymond M. Patterson,
{{quote|It has been said, and with some truth, that the Rockies are the worst named mountain system in the world... Haworth, in a fit of wartime enthusiasm, decided to suggest that one further alien name be added to the ill-assorted register: as soon as he got out he would propose to Ottawa that the high mountain he had seen that day, holding the Great Glacier in its lap, should be called Mount Lloyd George. With regrettable haste his suggestion was adopted. Time and the verdict of history have not added to the stature of the little Welsh politician.{{sfn|Akrigg|Akrigg|1997|p=155}}}}
References
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;Sources
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- {{cite book |last1=Akrigg|first1=G. P. V.|last2=Akrigg|first2=Helen B.|title=British Columbia Place Names
|url=https://archive.org/details/britishcolumbiap0000akri_w1q9|url-access=registration
|page=[https://archive.org/details/britishcolumbiap0000akri_w1q9/page/155 155]
|access-date=2012-10-21
|year=1997|publisher=UBC Press|isbn=978-0-7748-0637-4}}
- {{cite book |last1=Anderson|first1=John B.|last2=Molnia|first2=Bruce|title=Glacial-Marine Sedimentation
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YOnntbH0JIEC&pg=PA6|access-date=21 October 2012
|year=1989|publisher=American Geophysical Union|isbn=978-0-87590-706-2}}
- {{cite book |last1=Arnaud|first1=E.|last2=Halverson|first2=G. P.|last3=Shields-Zhou|first3=G.|title=The Geological Record of Neoproterozoic Glaciations
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XYOVWeDXm6oC&pg=PA421|access-date=2012-10-21
|date=2012-06-30|publisher=Geological Society|isbn=978-1-86239-334-9}}
- {{cite web |ref={{harvid|Mount Lloyd George - Bivouac.com}} |url=http://bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=3517
|title=Mount Lloyd George British Columbia |work=Bivouac.com
|access-date=2012-10-20}}
- {{cite book |author=US Geological Survey
|title=Geological Survey Professional Paper|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KiEsAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1200|access-date=21 October 2012
|year=1998|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}}
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External links
- {{cite opentopomap|Mount Lloyd George|57.895556|-124.998056|2022-07-17}}
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