List of mountains in Montana - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of mountain
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s in the state 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,...

. Montana is the fourth largest state in the United States

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and is well-known for its mountains. The name "Montana" means mountain

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in the Spanish language

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. Representative

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James Mitchell Ashley

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-Ohio

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), suggested the name when legislation organizing the territory was passed by the United States Congress

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in 1864. Ashley noted that a mining camp in the Colorado Territory

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had already used the name, and Congress agreed to use the name for the new territory.

According to the United States Board on Geographic Names

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there are at least 2991 named mountains (hills, summits, buttes, peaks, etc.) in Montana. This is a list of lists of named mountain peaks in Montana by county.

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