Borah Peak, also known as Mount Borah or Beauty Peak, is a mountain in the western United States and the highest summit in Idaho. One of the most prominent...
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William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history...
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The 1983 Borah Peak earthquake occurred on October 28, at 8:06:09 a.m. MDT in the western United States, in the Lost River Range at Borah Peak in central...
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Borah may refer to: Bora (surname), an Assamese surname William Borah (1865–1940), an American politician from Idaho Borah Peak, highest point in Idaho...
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National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved May 3, 2016. "Borah Peak". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 3, 2016. "Borah Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved May 3, 2016. "HARNEY"...
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List of the highest major summits of the United States (redirect from 4 km peaks of the United States)
Granite Peak is the highest summit of the Beartooth Range and Montana. 122. Mount Peale is the highest summit of Utah's La Sal Mountains. 127. Borah Peak is...
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Peak, Kings Peak, Wind River Peak, Cloud Peak, Wheeler Peak, Truchas Peak, Granite Peak, Borah Peak, and Humphreys Peak. The climate of the Mountain West...
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kilometers (62.14 miles) of topographic isolation. Borah Peak Diamond Peak Hyndman Peak Castle Peak Thompson Peak Mount Regan Idaho portal Geography portal North...
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National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 4 May 2016. "Borah Peak". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016. "Borah Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016. "Mount...
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Lost River Range (section Peaks)
Nearby is an interpretive site explaining the effects of the magnitude 6.9 Borah Peak earthquake that hit the range on October 28, 1983. The Big Lost River...
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List of the most prominent summits of the United States (redirect from Ultra prominent peaks of the United States)
Appalachian Mountains. 64. Humphreys Peak is the highest summit of the San Francisco Peaks and Arizona. 65. Borah Peak is the highest summit of the Lost...
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with Highway 75 is south of Challis. On Friday, October 28, 1983, the Borah Peak earthquake occurred at 8:06 am MDT. The shock measured 6.9 on the moment...
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Bonneville Peak, highest summit of the Portneuf Range Borah Peak, highest summit of the Lost River Range and the State of Idaho Boulder Peak Buffalo Hump...
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and structural or civil engineers. This can be quite expensive. 1983 Borah Peak earthquake M6.9 in Idaho, normal faulting - 34 km (21 mi) 1992 Landers...
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Mount Charleston (redirect from Charleston Peak)
Mount Charleston, including Charleston Peak (Nuvagantu, literally "where snow sits", in Southern Paiute or Nüpakatütün in Shoshoni) at 11,916 feet (3,632 m)...
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5 mi (7.2 km) southeast of Borah Peak, its line parent. It is also about 4.5 mi (7.2 km) northeast from U.S. Route 92. The peak was named after Henry Leatherman...
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third highest peak in Idaho. It is situated 34.5 miles (55.5 km) east of Borah Peak in the Lost River Range, opposite the Little Lost River valley. It is...
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List of U.S. states and territories by elevation (category Peak bagging in the United States)
in Montana 11. Borah Peak in Idaho. 12. Humphreys Peak in Arizona 13. Mount Hood in Oregon 14. Guadalupe Peak in Texas 15. Black Elk Peak in South Dakota...
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List of mountains by elevation (redirect from List of mountain peaks by elevation)
Eight-thousanders. (Some people have claimed there are six more 8,000m peaks in Nepal, making for a total of 20.) All are in the two highest mountain...
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predictable in terms of its next eruption.[citation needed] After the Borah Peak earthquake in central Idaho in October 1983, the eruption intervals of...
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Mongolia (left) and at Borah Peak in Idaho. The latter fault scarp (white line at the base of the tan hills) was formed in the 1983 Borah Peak earthquake...
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153. Borah Peak is the highest summit of the Lost River Range and Idaho. 157. Humphreys Peak is the highest summit of the San Francisco Peaks and Arizona...
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Neighbors include Dickey Peak 4.5 miles northwest, Mount Morrison, eight miles south, and line parent Borah Peak, the highest peak in Idaho, is 4.7 miles...
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Snake River Plain is known as the Magic Valley. Idaho's highest point is Borah Peak, 12,662 ft (3,859 m), in the Lost River Range north of Mackay. Idaho's...
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cabins, most of which were rebuilt after the Aspen Fire of July 2003. At the peak is the Mount Lemmon Observatory, which was formerly the site of a USAF radar...
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valedictorian of Butte County High School in 1961 Idaho National Laboratory Borah Peak Lost River Range Big Lost River Salmon-Challis National Forest Snake River...
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also ranks as the thirteenth-most topographically prominent peak in the state. The peak is located about 21 miles (34 km) southeast of the city of Elko...
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processes and the sculpting power of moving ice. Ice Age glaciers mantled the peak until relatively recently and dramatically shaped the mountain into an Alpine...
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About 20 miles (32 km) north of Mackay is Idaho's highest mountain: Borah Peak, with a summit elevation of 12,662 feet (3,859 m). Mt. McCaleb, 11,427...
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7 Mw 0 1983 Kaoiki earthquake October 28, 1983 Idaho 7.3 Mw 2 1983 Borah Peak earthquake April 24, 1984 California 6.2 Mw 0 1984 Morgan Hill earthquake...
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