Mount Cannon
Mount Cannon | |
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![]() Mount Cannon at center left rises above the McDonald Valley | |
Elevation | 8,952 ft (2,729 m)[1] |
Prominence | 1,792 ft (546 m)[1] |
Location | |
Location | Flathead County, Montana, U.S. |
Range | Lewis Range |
Coordinates | 48°41′33″N 113°46′27″W / 48.69250°N 113.77417°WCoordinates: 48°41′33″N 113°46′27″W / 48.69250°N 113.77417°W[2] |
Topo map | USGS Mount Cannon, MT |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1923 Norman Clyde[1] |
Mount Cannon (8,952 feet (2,729 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.[3] Formerly called Goat Mountain it was renamed for the leading physiologist Dr. Walter Bradford Cannon and his wife Cornelia, who made the first recorded ascent of the mountain in 1901.[4]
See also
- Mountains and mountain ranges of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mount Cannon, Montana". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ↑ "Mount Cannon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ↑ "Mount Cannon, Montana" (Map). TopoQuest (USGS Quad). Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ↑ Fred Spicker, Moni (Jun 19, 2011). "Mount Cannon (MT)". SummitPost. Retrieved May 10, 2012.