Mount Carter (Montana)

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Mount Carter
Mount Carter, 1969.jpg
Northwest aspect, centered (1969)
Highest point
Elevation9,848 ft (3,002 m)[1]
Prominence803 ft (245 m)[1]
Parent peakRainbow Peak[1]
Coordinates48°53′32″N 114°04′39″W / 48.89222°N 114.07750°W / 48.89222; -114.07750Coordinates: 48°53′32″N 114°04′39″W / 48.89222°N 114.07750°W / 48.89222; -114.07750[2]
Naming
EtymologyThomas H. Carter[3]
Geography
Mount Carter is located in Montana
Mount Carter
Mount Carter
Location in Montana
Mount Carter is located in the United States
Mount Carter
Mount Carter
Location in the United States
LocationFlathead County, Montana, U.S.
Parent rangeLivingston Range
Topo mapUSGS Mount Carter, MT

Mount Carter (9,848 feet (3,002 m)) is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.[4] Rainbow Glacier is just south of Mount Carter while Weasel Collar Glacier is immediately northeast. Mount Carter is the tenth tallest peak in Glacier National Park.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Mount Carter, Montana". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  2. ^ "Mount Carter". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  3. ^ Michael P. Malone, Richard B. Roeder, William L. Lang, Montana : a history of two centuries, 1991, University of Washington Press, ISBN 0295971290
  4. ^ Mount Carter, MT (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved June 4, 2018.
Aerial view from the southwest, circa 1925