The Bannock Range is a
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have aris ...
situated in
southern Idaho
Southern Idaho is a generic geographical term roughly analogous with the areas of the U.S. state of Idaho located in the Mountain Time Zone
The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Unive ...
, near the Idaho-Utah border. 28 named mountains are located within the boundaries of the range, the tallest sitting at an elevation of .
Location
The range is located in Southern Idaho, and sits along the
Portneuf River to the east and the Bear River to its south. To the north of the range is
Pocatello
Pocatello () is the county seat of and the largest city in Bannock County, with a small portion on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in neighboring Power County, containing the city's airport. It is the principal city of the Pocatello metro ...
. Large portions of the range are privately owned, and 13% is maintained by the
U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Two large
thrust fault
A thrust fault is a break in the Earth's crust, across which older rocks are pushed above younger rocks.
Thrust geometry and nomenclature
Reverse faults
A thrust fault is a type of reverse fault that has a dip of 45 degrees or less.
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s are located in the range, and a gravitational fault exists on its eastern edge.
Notable peaks
See also
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Albion Mountains
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Beaverhead Mountains
The Beaverhead Mountains, highest point Scott Peak, el. , are a mountain range straddling the Continental Divide in the U.S. states of Montana and Idaho. (See also the GNIS link here.) They are a sub-range of the Bitterroot Range, and divide Be ...
References
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Mountain ranges of Idaho
Mountains of Idaho
Pocatello, Idaho