Bishops Cap

Bishops Cap

Bishops Cap along the Garden Wall
Elevation 9,127 ft (2,782 m) [1]
Location
Location Flathead County, Montana, Glacier County, Montana, USA
Range Lewis Range
Coordinates [2]
Topo map USGS Logan Pass, MT

Bishops Cap (9,127 feet (2,782 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.[1][3] Located above the Garden Wall and straddling the Continental Divide, when viewed from the south at Logan Pass, the peak appears to resemble a Bishop's headwear.[3] The name Bishops Cap is descriptive only, and there's no known origin.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Bishops Cap, Montana" (map). Acme Mapper. http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=48.72472,-113.70917&z=14&t=T. Retrieved 2011-05-09. 
  2. ^ "Bishops Cap". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:768903. Retrieved 2010-09-26. 
  3. ^ a b "Bishops Cap". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/152134. Retrieved 2011-05-07. 
  4. ^ Holterman, Jack (2006). Place Names of Glacier National Park. Helena, MT: Riverbend Publishing. pp. 34. ISBN 1931832684.