Ipasha Peak
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Ipasha Peak is located in the Lewis Range
Lewis Range
The Lewis Range is a mountain range located in the Rocky Mountains of northern Montana, U.S. and extreme southern Alberta, Canada. Formed by the Lewis Overthrust beginning 170 million years ago, an enormous slab of Precambrian rocks 3 miles thick, wide and long faulted and slid over newer...

, Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park (US)
While exploring the Marias River in 1806, the Lewis and Clark Expedition came within of the area that is now the park. A series of explorations after 1850 helped to shape the understanding of the area that later became the park...

 in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

. Ipasha Peak is 1.29 miles (2.1 km) south of Mount Merritt
Mount Merritt
Mount Merritt is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The peak is one of six in Glacier National Park that rise over . Located in the northeastern part of the park, Mount Merritt rises dramatically a vertical mile above nearby rivers. The approach to this...

 and is in the northeastern section of Glacier National Park. Ahern Glacier
Ahern Glacier (Montana)
Ahern Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier was named after George Patrick Ahern. Ahern Glacier is situated on a ridge between Ipasha Peak to the north and Ahern Peak to the south at an elevation between and above sea level...

 is located on the southeastern slopes of the mountain while the Ipasha Glacier
Ipasha Glacier
Ipasha Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated in a cirque to the southeast of Chaney Glacier and immediately east of the Continental Divide at an elevation between and above sea level. The glacier covers an area of approximately as...

 is to the southwest of the peak. Helen Lake
Helen Lake
Helen Lake is located in Glacier National Park, in the U. S. state of Montana. Helen Lake is at the head of the Belly River and is situated below Ahern Peak to the west and Ipasha Peak to the northwest...

lies almost 4500 feet (1,371.6 m) below the summit of Ipasha Peak to the southeast.
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