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Chief Mountain

Chief Mountain is located in the U.S. state of on the eastern border of and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The mountain is one of the most prominent peaks and rock formations along the Rocky Mountain Front, a 200-mile-long overthrust fault, known as the Lewis Overthrust, which extends from central Montana into southern Alberta, Canada.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 9,006 feet
  • Description: mountain in Montana, United States
  • Also known as: “Old Chief Mountain”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ninaki Mountain and Slide Lake.

Peak
Photo: Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is located in , 20 kilometres southwest of and 1 kilometre southwest of Chief Mountain. It was named in honour of the sacrifice of the wife who threw her baby, then herself off the mountain in reaction to the death of her war-chief husband as a result of a battle which took place between Peigan and Blackfeet warriors.

is located in , in the U. S. state of . Otatso Lake is situated north of along the Otatso Creek. The historic Slide Lake-Otatso Creek Patrol Cabin and Woodshed are 1.25 miles to the east.

Chief Mountain

Latitude
48.93276° or 48° 55′ 58″ north
Longitude
-113.60927° or 113° 36′ 33″ west
Elevation
9,006 feet (2,745 metres)
Open location code
85W8W9MR+47
Open­Street­Map ID
node 357924834
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
5644722
Wiki­data ID
Q1072361
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Chief Mountain” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل شيف”
  • Catalan: “Mountain Chief”
  • Cebuano: “Chief Mountain (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Montana)”
  • Cebuano: “Chief Mountain”
  • Chinese: “酋長山”
  • Chinese: “酋长山”
  • Dutch: “Chief Mountain”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل شيف”
  • French: “montagne Chief”
  • French: “Montagne Chief”
  • German: “Chief Mountain”
  • Hebrew: “הר צ’יף”
  • Italian: “Chief Mountain”
  • Japanese: “チーフマウンテン”
  • Ladin: “Chief Mountain”
  • Persian: “کوه شیف”
  • Spanish: “Chief Mountain”
  • Spanish: “Monte Chief”
  • Urdu: “چیف ماؤنٹین”
  • Venetian: “Chief Mountain”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Papoose and Gable Mountain.

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