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The Absaroka Range is a sub-range of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. The range stretches about 150 mi (240 km) across the Montana – Wyoming border, and 75 mi (120 km) at its widest, forming the eastern boundary of Yellowstone National Park along Paradise Valley , and the western side of the Bighorn Basin .
Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness was created from existing National Forest lands in 1978 [1] [2] and is located in Montana and Wyoming, United States.The wilderness encompasses two distinct mountain ranges: the Beartooth and Absaroka ranges.
Sunlight Peak is one of several eroded stratovolcanoes in the volcanic arc of the Absaroka Range. Sunlight Peak's original stratovolcanic edifice has weathered away over time, leaving it as an ancient, extinct volcano. Along with the other older Absaroka volcanoes, Sunlight Peak last erupted around 43 million years ago. [5]
Eagle Peak is a mountain in the Absaroka Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming and at 11,372 feet (3,466 m) is the highest point in Yellowstone National Park. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is located about 6 miles (9.7 km) east of the southeast arm of Yellowstone Lake .
It fills a near 2,000-foot-deep caldera formed more than 7,000 years ago by the collapse of the volcano Mt. Mazama. Because of its great depth, longer waves of light are absorbed, leaving shorter ...
The Absaroka Range, the largest range in the park, begins approximately 80 miles (130 km) north of the park near Livingston, Montana, along the Yellowstone River and runs southeast into, then south through the entire eastern side of the park to the Gros Ventre Range in Wyoming. The highest peak in the park, Eagle Peak is in
Hellroaring Mountain is located in the Absaroka Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. [1] It is set within Yellowstone National Park, [2] with the summit in Montana and the lower south slope in Wyoming. [6] Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into Hellroaring Creek which is a tributary of the Yellowstone River.
Pilot Peak, elevation 11,699 feet (3,566 m), is a prominent mountain peak in the Absaroka Range in Park County, Wyoming.The peak is visible from US Route 212, the Beartooth Highway just east of the Northeast Entrance Station to Yellowstone National Park.