Name: Beartooth Mountains

 

County: Park

 

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Longitude:  1092231W

Latitude: 445600N

 

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Elevation: 12693/3869

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Range

 

Origin of Name:

Mountains, trend NW-SE with a high elevation of 12,799 feet, N and E of the Absaroka Range and W of the city of Red Lodge, Montana; they are bounded on the W by the Boulder River, East Fork Boulder River, Slough Creek, Lake Abundance Creek, and Fish Creek, and on the S by Clarks Fork Yellowstone River; the name comes from Beartooth Mountain, so named because its white limestone cliffs resemble the tooth of a bear..

Source: Decisions, 1966

 

Other Names: Beartooth Plateau, Beartooth Range, Snow Mountains, Snowy Mountains

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Deep Lake

 

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