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This is a list of mountain ranges in the state of Montana. Montana is the fourth largest state in the United States and is well known for its mountains. The name "Montana" means "mountainous" in Latin .
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
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.
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.
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: 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 50 highest major summits of ...
There are at least 70 named mountain peaks over 8,000 feet (2,400 m) in Yellowstone in four mountain ranges. Two of the ranges—The Washburn Range and the Red Mountains—are minor and completely enclosed within park boundaries. The other two ranges are major, multi-state ranges that extend far beyond the boundaries of the park.
Pages in category "Mountains of Montana" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 320 total. ... List of mountains and mountain ranges of ...
Other major mountain ranges west of the divide include the Cabinet Mountains, the Anaconda Range, the Missions, the Garnet Range, the Sapphire Mountains, and the Flint Creek Range. [87] The divide's northern section, where the mountains rapidly give way to prairie, is part of the Rocky Mountain Front. [88]