Mount Woodrow Wilson

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Mount Woodrow Wilson
Elevation 13,502 feet (4,115 m)
Location Wyoming, USA
Range Wind River Range
Prominence 502 ft (153 m)[1]
Coordinates 43°10′00″N 109°39′08″W / 43.166667, -109.65222Coordinates: 43°10′00″N 109°39′08″W / 43.166667, -109.65222
Topo map USGS Gannett Peak
First ascent 1924 (Albert Bessine, Edgar Doll, Carol Thompson-Jones)

Mount Woodrow Wilson (13,502 ft / 4,115 m) is located in the Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming.[2] The peak is the ninth highest in the range and the tenth tallest in Wyoming.[1] The summit is located in the Bridger Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest, immediately west of the Continental Divide. The eastern and western flanks of the mountain are covered in snowfields and glaciers, including Dinwoody Glacier to the northeast and Mammoth Glacier to the west.

It is named after the American president Woodrow Wilson.

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ a b Mount Woodrow Wilson, Wyoming. Peakbagger. Retrieved on 2007-11-06.
  2. ^ Mount Woodrow Wilson, USGS Gannett Peak (WY) Topo Map (Map). Topozone (USGS Quads). Retrieved on 2007-11-06.