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Piegan Mountain

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zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. Temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.
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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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Like other mountains in Glacier National Park, Piegan Mountain 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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Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007).
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Elevation
Prominence
Coordinates
48°42′37″N 113°41′18″W / 48.71028°N 113.68833°W / 48.71028; -113.68833
Piegan Mountain is located in Montana
Piegan Mountain is located in the United States
Glacier County, Montana
U.S.
Parent range
Lewis Range
Topo map
USGS
Age of rock
Cambrian
Type of rock
Sedimentary rock
Lewis Range
Glacier National Park
U.S. state
Montana
Piegan Glacier
cirque
sedimentary rock
Precambrian
Jurassic
Lewis Overthrust
precambrian
cretaceous
Köppen climate classification

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