Allen Mountain (Montana) Explained

Allen Mountain
Elevation Ft:9381
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:1136
Range:Lewis Range
Parent Peak:Mount Siyeh
Listing:Mountains in Glacier County, Montana
Location:Glacier County, Montana, U.S.
Map:Montana#USA
Relief:1
Coordinates:48.7581°N -113.6575°W
Coordinates Ref:[2]
Topo:USGS Many Glacier MT

Allen Mountain (93810NaN0) 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]

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Notes and References

  1. 4776. Allen Mountain, Montana. May 30, 2018.
  2. 768209. Allen Mountain. May 30, 2018.
  3. TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Many Glacier, MT. May 30, 2018.
  4. Book: Holterman, Jack . Place Names of Glacier National Park . Riverbend Publishing . Helena, MT . 2006 . 1-931832-68-4 . 19–20.