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Beartooth Country: Montana's Absaroka-Beartooth Mountains-Montana Geographic Series #7. Helena, Montana: Montana Magazine. ISBN 0-938314-13-0. Melroy, Mark (1986). Islands on the Prairie-The Mountain Ranges of Eastern Montana-Montana Geographic Series #13. Helena, Montana: Montana Magazine. ISBN 0-938314-24-6.
The Transhimalaya was described by the Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer in 1952 as an "ill-defined mountain area" with "no marked crest line or central alignment and no division by rivers." On more-modern maps the Kailas Range (Gangdise or Kang-to-sé Shan) in the west is shown as distinct from the Nyenchen Tanglha range in the east. [4]
Relief map of Montana. The state's topography is roughly defined by the Continental Divide, which splits much of the state into distinct eastern and western regions. [4] Most of Montana's hundred or more named mountain ranges are in the state's western half, most of which is geologically and geographically part of the northern Rocky Mountains.
Granite Peak is the highest peak of the Beartooth Range and the U.S. State of Montana. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of the U.S. State of Montana. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
All mountain ranges in Montana should be included in this category, including articles in child categories; The main article for this category is List of mountain ranges in Montana; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mountain ranges of Montana; See also categories Mountains of Montana, Rocky Mountains
Accordingly K2 is only in the table below for reference and not shown on the map on this page. The interactive map on this page ranks Himalayan peaks above 7,500 m (24,600 ft) and is more inclusive. A peak has a different definition to a mountain and different authorities may use different definitions of either.
There are at least 290 named mountain passes in Montana, including: Ahern Pass , Glacier County, Montana , 48°49′19″N 113°45′59″W / 48.82194°N 113.76639°W / 48.82194; -113.76639 ( Ahern Pass ) , el. 7,116 feet (2,169
Montana is the fourth largest state in the United States and is well known [by whom?] for its mountains. The name "Montana" means mountainous in Latin . Representative James Mitchell Ashley ( R - Ohio ), suggested the name when legislation organizing the territory was passed by the United States Congress in 1864.