Porcupine Butte
Porcupine Butte is a mountain summit located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota. Porcupine Butte is 3,665 feet above sea level.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,691 feet
- Description: mountain in South Dakota, United States of America
- Also known as: “Porcupine Peak”, “Porcupines Tail”, and “Porcupines Tail Butte”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wounded Knee and Porcupine.
Wounded Knee
Village
Porcupine
Village
Porcupine is a census-designated place in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 925 at the 2020 census. The community most likely was named after Porcupine Butte.
Porcupine Butte
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Oglala Lakota, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.17999° or 43° 10′ 48″ northLongitude
-102.32349° or 102° 19′ 25″ westElevation
3,691 feet (1,125 metres)Open location code
85MV5MHG+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 357098899OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ladin—“Porcupine Butte” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Porcupine Butte (bukid sa Estados Unidos, South Dakota)”
- Cebuano: “Porcupine Butte”
- Cheyenne: “Heškóvetsévóse”
- Dutch: “Porcupine Butte”
- Ladin: “Porcupine Butte”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include First United Presbyterian Church and Porcupine Post Office.
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