Allen Mountain (Montana)

Allen Mountain (9,381 ft (2,859 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.^[1][3] Allen Mountain is NNW of Cracker Lake. The mountain is named to honor Cornelia Seward Allen, the granddaughter of President Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State William H. Seward Sr. The mountain was named in 1891 by a party of explorers headed by George Bird Grinnell that included Cornelia's brother, William Henry Seward III, a Yale University classmate of Grinnell.^[4]

Allen Mountain
Allen Mountain from Lake Josephine
Highest point
Elevation	9,381 ft (2,859 m)[1]
Prominence	1,136 ft (346 m)[1]
Parent peak	Mount Siyeh[1]
Listing	Mountains in Glacier County, Montana
Coordinates	48°45′29″N 113°39′27″W[2]
Geography
Allen Mountain Location in Montana Show map of Montana Allen Mountain Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Location	Glacier County, Montana, U.S.
Parent range	Lewis Range
Topo map	USGS Many Glacier MT

See also

• List of mountains and mountain ranges of Glacier National Park (U.S.)

Gallery

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  Allen Mountain's northeast aspect reflected in Lake Sherburne
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  Allen in Spring
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  West aspect above Grinnell Lake
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  West aspect above Grinnell Lake

References

1. "Allen Mountain, Montana". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
2. "Allen Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
3. Many Glacier, MT (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved May 30, 2018.
4. Holterman, Jack (2006). Place Names of Glacier National Park. Helena, MT: Riverbend Publishing. pp. 19–20. ISBN 1-931832-68-4.