Sacagawea Glacier is east of the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The glacier is located in the Fitzpatrick...
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Sacagawea (/ˌsækədʒəˈwiːə/ SAK-ə-jə-WEE-ə or /səˌkɒɡəˈweɪə/ sə-KOG-ə-WAY-ə; also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May c. 1788 – December 20, 1812) was...
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after Sacagawea, the young Lemhi Shoshone woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition as an interpreter and guide. The Upper Fremont Glacier is...
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991 m) Sacagawea Glacier, Fremont County, Wyoming, 43°08′37″N 109°36′42″W / 43.14361°N 109.61167°W / 43.14361; -109.61167 (Sacagawea Glacier), el....
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Minor Glacier - Wind River Range Petersen Glacier - Teton Range Sacagawea Glacier - Wind River Range Schoolroom Glacier - Teton Range Skillet Glacier - Teton...
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unofficial toponym honors Sacagawea, the most frequently honored woman in the United States with four mountain peaks and one glacier named for her, and at...
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Pompeys Pillar National Monument (category Cultural depictions of Sacagawea)
relate the journey of Captain William Clark and his detachment, including Sacagawea and her son Pomp, down the Yellowstone River Valley in 1806. The pillar...
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National Park Rising Wolf Mountain, Glacier National Park Robinson Mountain Rock Peak Rocky Mountain Ross Peak Sacagawea Peak Saddle Peak Saint Joseph Peak...
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flanks of the mountain are covered in snowfields and glaciers, including Helen and Sacagawea Glaciers, all of which are in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness of...
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775 feet (4,199 m) in Northwest Wyoming. Below its north face is Teton Glacier. The mountain is a classic destination in American mountaineering via the...
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lava was chilled by glaciers, creating glassy talus deposits. Sometimes, the lava coursed into areas previously carved by glaciers like at Sentinel Rock...
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(Colorado) 4,137 13,573 Front Range, Rocky Mountains, Colorado, US Mount Sacagawea 4,136 13,570 Wind River Range, Wyoming, US Mount Dubois 4,135 13,566 White...
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that the dollar made a comeback in the proof set as the gold-colored Sacagawea dollar. Another dollar coin to be included in the proof set was the Presidential...
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540 m), known to local climbers as the Lower Saddle. The Middle Teton Glacier is located on the eastern slopes of the peak. Middle Teton is a classic...
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outside of Colorado. The 896-acre (3.63 km2) Gannett Glacier, which is likely the largest single glacier in the American portion of the Rocky Mountains, extends...
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feet (1,800 m) above Jackson Lake. Several active glaciers exist on the mountain with Skillet Glacier plainly visible on the monolithic east face. Like...
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largest glaciers in the U.S. Rocky Mountains. Gannett Glacier which flows down the north slope of Gannett Peak, is the largest single glacier in the Rocky...
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Mt. Whitecap (left) and Ladd Peak (right) from northeast. Mammoth Glacier below....
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in April 1805 they were accompanied by the 16-year-old Shoshone woman, Sacagawea, the wife of the French-Canadian fur trader, Toussaint Charbonneau. The...
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of Engineers Montana Stream Access Law Montana Wilderness Association Sacagawea Arabia Steamboat Museum Container on barge The Missouri's flow at Culbertson...
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be found in the mountain range, the only remaining active glacier is the Cloud Peak Glacier, which is on the east slope of Cloud Peak. Geologist N.H....
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well as the signature of William Clark, who named the formation after Sacagawea's infant son. Poverty Point Louisiana 32°38′N 91°25′W / 32.63°N 91.41°W...
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the U.S. state of Wyoming. The wilderness was originally known as the Glacier Primitive Area, but was redesignated a wilderness in 1976. U.S. Wilderness...
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Fremont Glacier has been studied more than any other glacier in the Wind River Range. Scientists have obtained ice cores from the Upper Fremont Glacier and...
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a glacial moraine formed by a receding glacier that came south out of the Yellowstone icecap. This same glacier also created neighboring Jackson Lake....
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northern part of the range. Since 1987, the Glacier Lakes area of the Snowy Range has been home to the Glacier Lakes Ecosystem Experiments Site (GLEES),...
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the largest one in the range. Other glaciers such as the Middle Teton Glacier, Teepe Glacier, and Schoolroom Glacier are also located here. The Cathedral...
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slope of Cloud Peak is a deep cirque which harbors Cloud Peak Glacier, the last active glacier in the Bighorn Mountains. Cloud Peak is on the border between...
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several hiking and bike trails in the city, including the portion of the Sacagawea Heritage Trail that passes through Kennewick. The largest park in the...
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snows, fresh efforts were made in the spring. In practice, the huge Valdez glacier that stood between the port and the Alaskan interior proved almost insurmountable...
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