Name: Ring Mountain

 

County: Albany

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1055815W

Latitude: 410315N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 8783/2677

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Summit

 

Origin of Name: 

So named for a growth of shrubs which form a perfect circle on the west side of the mountain. 

Source: WPA

 

Going on south [of Jelm Mountain] there is a smaller mountain called Ring Mountain, which has the appearance of having an iron ring pressed down on it, leaving a furrow around its slopes.

Source: Burns

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Jelm Mountain

 

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