Amphitheater Mountain () is located in the
Lewis Range
The Lewis Range is a mountain range located in the Rocky Mountains of northern Montana, United States and extreme southern Alberta, Canada. It was formed as a result of the Lewis Overthrust, a geologic thrust fault involving the overlying of ...
,
Glacier National Park in the
U.S. state
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of
Montana
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.
Amphitheater Mountain is a descriptive name given to the peak because of its resemblance to the Greek
Amphitheater
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. The mountain's
Blackfoot
The Blackfoot Confederacy, ''Niitsitapi'', or ''Siksikaitsitapi'' (ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ, meaning "the people" or " Blackfoot-speaking real people"), is a historic collective name for linguistically related groups that make up the Blackfoot or Bl ...
name is ''Three Horns'' or ''Niuóxkai-ozkina'' for a Blackfoot warrior who captured a
Nez Perce
The Nez Perce (; autonym in Nez Perce language: , meaning 'we, the people') are an Indigenous people of the Plateau who still live on a fraction of the lands on the southeastern Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific Northwest. This region h ...
woman as was able to live happily ever after. The mountain has also been named ''Whalen Mountain'' for a former park ranger.
See also
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List of mountains and mountain ranges of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
References
Mountains of Glacier County, Montana
Mountains of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
Lewis Range
Mountains of Montana
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