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Bishops Cap

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zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F. Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer.
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periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was initially uplifted beginning 170 million years ago when the
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rocks 3 mi (4.8 km) thick, 50 miles (80 km) wide and 160 miles (260 km) long over younger rock of the
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Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification".
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Mt. Gould (left), Bishops Cap (center), Pollock Mountain (right) from Mt. Oberlin
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Like other mountains in Glacier National Park, Bishops Cap is composed of
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Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias".
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Mountains and mountain ranges of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
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You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 14: 391:Bishops Cap (centered) seen from 379:to the right, from the northwest. 320:fault pushed an enormous slab of 288:, the peak appears to resemble a 33:Bishops Cap along the Garden Wall 689: 628: 384: 368: 356: 284:, when viewed from the south at 177: 170: 144: 137: 27: 492:United States Geological Survey 1: 338:Köppen climate classification 194:Show map of the United States 191:Location in the United States 705:state location article is a 644:state location article is a 375:Bishops Cap (centered) with 49:9,127 ft (2,782 m) 82:0.67 mi (1.08 km) 802: 684: 623: 458:"Bishops Cap - 9,127' MT" 130: 26: 540:Holterman, Jack (2006). 59:327 ft (100 m) 599:Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci 578:Cite journal requires 430:"Bishops Cap, Montana" 110:48.72472°N 113.70917°W 308:laid down during the 266:Glacier National Park 776:Mountains of Montana 276:. 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Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Pollock Mountain
Isolation
Coordinates
48°43′29″N 113°42′33″W / 48.72472°N 113.70917°W / 48.72472; -113.70917
Bishops Cap is located in Montana
Bishops Cap is located in the United States
Flathead County
Glacier County
Montana
US
Parent range
Lewis Range
Topo map
USGS
Lewis Range
Glacier National Park
U.S. state
Montana
Garden Wall
Continental Divide
Logan Pass
Bishop
headwear
sedimentary rock
Precambrian
Jurassic

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