Blackfoot Mountain
Encyclopedia
Blackfoot Mountain is located in the Lewis Range
, Glacier National Park
in the U.S. state
of Montana
. To the north of Blackfoot Mountain lies Blackfoot Glacier
, one of the largest glaciers in the park. The stagnant Pumpelly Glacier
is located to the immediate east and northeast of the mountain.
Lewis Range
The Lewis Range is a mountain range located in the Rocky Mountains of northern Montana, U.S. and extreme southern Alberta, Canada. Formed by the Lewis Overthrust beginning 170 million years ago, an enormous slab of Precambrian rocks 3 miles thick, wide and long faulted and slid over newer...
, Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park (US)
While exploring the Marias River in 1806, the Lewis and Clark Expedition came within of the area that is now the park. A series of explorations after 1850 helped to shape the understanding of the area that later became the park...
in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
. To the north of Blackfoot Mountain lies Blackfoot Glacier
Blackfoot Glacier
-See also:* List of glaciers in the United States* Glaciers in Glacier National Park...
, one of the largest glaciers in the park. The stagnant Pumpelly Glacier
Pumpelly Glacier
Pumpelly Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated immediately northeast of Blackfoot Mountain at an elevation between and above sea level. Pumpelly Glacier is just west of the Continental Divide and adjacent to Pumpkin Glacier, the two...
is located to the immediate east and northeast of the mountain.