Absaroka Range

Absaroka Range
	View of Pilot and Index Peak of the Absaroka Range
Highest peak	Francs Peak ( 4008 m )
location	Wyoming , Montana ; United States
part of	Rocky mountains
Coordinates	44 ° 15 ′ N , 109 ° 53 ′ W Coordinates: 44 ° 15 ′ N , 109 ° 53 ′ W

The Absaroka Range is a 240 km long and 80 km wide mountain range in the Rocky Mountains . It is located in the US states of Wyoming and Montana and forms the eastern border of Yellowstone National Park . The highest point is the 4008 m high Francs Peak . Much of the mountain range is located in nature reserves, in addition to the Yellowstone National Park also includes the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness , the North Absaroka Wilderness , the Teton Wilderness and the Washakie Wilderness .

The mountains are named after the tribe of the Absarokee Indians.

During the Ice Ages the glaciers started from the Absaroka Range , which formed an ice cap over almost the entire area of today's Yellowstone National Park. They had a significant impact on the surface design of the Yellowstone Plateau and the south adjoining Jackson Hole valley .

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Alf Alderson, Christian Williams, Cameron Wilson: The Rocky Mountains. Rough Guides, London 2002, ISBN 1-85828-854-1 .
Absaroka Range in Meyers Lexikon Online ( Memento from January 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Entry to the Absaroka Range on summitpost.org

Web links

Commons : Absaroka Range - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Robert B. Smith, Lee J. Siegel: Windows into the Earth. The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 2000, ISBN 0-19-510596-6 , pages 111-131.

[glaciers-1] Robert B. Smith, Lee J. Siegel: Windows into the Earth. The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 2000, ISBN 0-19-510596-6 , pages 111-131.