Английская Википедия:Goat Mountain (Glacier County, Montana)

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Goat Mountain (Шаблон:Convert) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.[1] Goat Mountain rises above Otokomi Lake and Goat Lake in the east central section of Glacier National Park.[2]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, it is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[3] Temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Saint Mary Lake, thence the St. Mary River.

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Goat Mountain to right of Saint Mary Lake (see file annotations)

Geology

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Goat Mountain to right

Like other mountains in Glacier National Park, it is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was initially uplifted beginning 170 million years ago when the Lewis Overthrust fault pushed an enormous slab of precambrian rocks Шаблон:Convert thick, Шаблон:Convert wide and Шаблон:Convert long over younger rock of the cretaceous period.[4]

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Point 8376 of Goat Mountain

See also

References

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