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Blackfoot Mountain

Coordinates: 48°34′55″N 113°40′06″W / 48.58194°N 113.66833°W / 48.58194; -113.66833
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Blackfoot Mountain
Blackfoot Mountain is along the skyline in the background on the left beyond Blackfoot Glacier
Highest point
Elevation9,579 ft (2,920 m)[1]  NAVD 88
Prominence1,721 ft (525 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Jackson[1]
ListingMountains in Flathead County, Montana
Coordinates48°34′55″N 113°40′06″W / 48.58194°N 113.66833°W / 48.58194; -113.66833[2]
Geography
Blackfoot Mountain is located in Montana
Blackfoot Mountain
Blackfoot Mountain
Location in Montana
Blackfoot Mountain is located in the United States
Blackfoot Mountain
Blackfoot Mountain
Location in the United States
LocationFlathead County, Montana, U.S.
Parent rangeLewis Range
Topo mapUSGS Mount Jackson
Climbing
First ascent1894 Henry L. Stimson[1]
Little Chief Mountain, Blackfoot Mountain, and Citadel Mountain, viewed from Goat Mountain

Blackfoot Mountain (9,579 ft (2,920 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.[3] 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.

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Blackfoot Mountain, Montana". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  2. ^ "Blackfoot Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  3. ^ Mount Jackson, MT (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved June 4, 2018.
Blackfoot Mountain, aerial view, circa 1925