Allen Mountain (Montana)

Allen Mountain (9,381 ft (2,859 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.[1][3] Allen Mountain is NNW of Cracker Lake. The mountain is named to honor Cornelia Seward Allen, the granddaughter of President Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State William H. Seward Sr. The mountain was named in 1891 by a party of explorers headed by George Bird Grinnell that included Cornelia's brother, William Henry Seward III, a Yale University classmate of Grinnell.[4]

Allen Mountain
Allen Mountain from Lake Josephine
Highest point
Elevation9,381 ft (2,859 m)[1]
Prominence1,136 ft (346 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Siyeh[1]
ListingMountains in Glacier County, Montana
Coordinates48°45′29″N 113°39′27″W[2]
Geography
Allen Mountain
Location in Montana
Allen Mountain
Location in the United States
LocationGlacier County, Montana, U.S.
Parent rangeLewis Range
Topo mapUSGS Many Glacier MT

See also

References

  1. "Allen Mountain, Montana". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  2. "Allen Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  3. Many Glacier, MT (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  4. Holterman, Jack (2006). Place Names of Glacier National Park. Helena, MT: Riverbend Publishing. pp. 19–20. ISBN 1-931832-68-4.


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