Pen Basin
Pen Basin is a valley in the U.S. state of Idaho. Pen Basin was so named because a trapper's pen or storage stockade was built in this basin south of the mouth of Whiskey Creek prior to the development of large scale mining in the vicinity in the later part of the 19th century.Pen Basin
- Depression with an elevation of 6,640 feet (2,024 metres)
- Description: valley in Idaho, USA
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Latitude
44.63324° or 44° 37′ 60″ north
Longitude
-115.53428° or 115° 32′ 3″ west
Open location code
85P6JFM8+77
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In Other Languages
“Pen Basin” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pen Basin”
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