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Since 1919, the Idaho Geological Survey (formerly Bureau of Mines and Geology) has studied and reported on the general and environmental geology of the state. The Survey also studies and reports on the water (both surface and ground), mineral data, and energy assets of the state.
There are at least 115 named mountain ranges in Idaho. Some of these ranges extend into the neighboring states of Montana , Nevada , Oregon , Utah , Washington , and Wyoming . Names, elevations and coordinates from the U.S. Geological Survey , Geographic Names Information System .
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The counties of Idaho. The U.S. state of Idaho borders six other U.S. states and one Canadian province. The states of Washington and Oregon are to the west, Nevada and Utah are to the south, and Montana and Wyoming are to the east. Idaho also shares a short border with the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The first table below ranks the 40 highest major summits of Idaho by elevation.
Sacajawea Peak ranks as the 13th-highest peak in Idaho and is located on the crest of the Lost River Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. [1] [3] The mountain is set on land managed by Salmon–Challis National Forest. Neighbors include Mount Idaho 1.16 mile south and Borah Peak, the highest peak in Idaho, is one mile to the north. [3]
The Idaho Batholith is a granitic and granodioritic batholith of Cretaceous-Paleogene age that covers approximately 25,000 square kilometres (9,700 sq mi) of central Idaho and adjacent Montana. The batholith has two lobes that are separate from each other geographically and geologically.
Silver Peak ranks as the 99th-highest peak in Idaho, and it is part of the Boulder Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. [1] The mountain is situated 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Ketchum, Idaho, on the common border shared by Blaine County and Custer County.