Apikuni is a mountain peak with a height of 2764 m [1] (according to other sources - 2740 m [2] ), located on the Lewis Range in the north-eastern part of the Glacier National Park in the US state of Montana . [1] [3] .
| Apikuni | |
|---|---|
| English Apikuni mountain | |
| Highest point | |
| Absolute height | 2764 [1] m |
| Relative height | 448 m |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| State | Montana |
| Mountain system | Rocky Mountains |
| Ridge or array | Lewis |
The mountain is an object of tourism, from its top a beautiful view of the Glacier National Park opens [4] . The distance to the nearest settlement ( Bubb Indian Reservation) is 21 km [2] .
In the vicinity of the mountain, the geological formation Appekunni rises to the surface with a thickness of about 600 m, consisting of silt and mudstone deposits of shallow Proterozoic seas 1.2–1.4 billion years old [5] . In 1972, fossils of the oldest known multicellular animal organism Horodyskia were first discovered in these deposits [6] .
It was named in honor of the writer and traveler James Schultz , who, under the name Apikuni, lived for a long time in the Blackfoot Indian tribe. From the language of the Indians, this name translates as "spotty clothes" [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Apikuni Mountain, Montana - www.peakbagger.com.
- ↑ 1 2 Apikuni Mountain Summit - Montana Mountain Peak Information (inaccessible link - history ) . - www.mountainzone.com.
- ↑ Apikuni Mountain (Map). My Topo (USGS Quads). Date of treatment February 27, 2010. Archived on August 26, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Apikuni Mountain - www.summitpost.org.
- ↑ Raup, OB, Earhart, RL, Whipple, JW, and Carrara, PE , 1983, Geology along Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana: West Glacier, Montana, Glacier National History Association, 62 p.
- ↑ Horodyski RJ 1982. Problematic bedding-plane markings from the Middle Proterozoic Appekunny Argillite, Belt Supergroup, northwestern Montana. Journal of Paleontology. V. 56. P. 882–889.
Links
- Mount Apikuni . Geographic Names Information System (USA) , US Geological Survey . Date of treatment November 4, 2012.