Mount Sacagawea

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Mount Sacagawea
Elevation 13,569 feet (4,136 m)
Location Wyoming, USA
Range Wind River Range
Prominence 409 feet (125 m)[1]
Coordinates 43°08′12″N 109°37′27″W / 43.13667, -109.62417Coordinates: 43°08′12″N 109°37′27″W / 43.13667, -109.62417
Topo map USGS Fremont Peak North (WY)

Mount Sacagawea is the seventh highest peak in the Wind River Range, Wyoming and was named after Sacagawea, the female Shoshone who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The Upper Fremont Glacier is located southeast and the Sacagawea Glacier is northeast of the mountain.[2] Straddling the Continental Divide, Mount Sacagawea is one mile (1.6 km) northwest of Fremont Peak.

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ Mount Sacagawea, Wyoming. Peakbagger. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
  2. ^ Mount Sacagawea, USGS Fremont Peak North (WY) (Map). Topozone. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
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