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Dusty Star Mountain
Saint Mary Lake and Wildgoose Island.jpg
Dusty Star Mountain is in center of image, above and slightly left of Wild Goose Island in Saint Mary Lake
Highest point
Elevation 8,573 ft (2,613 m)
Prominence 573 ft (175 m)
Geography
Dusty Star Mountain is located in Montana
Dusty Star Mountain
Dusty Star Mountain
Location in Montana
Dusty Star Mountain is located in the United States
Dusty Star Mountain
Dusty Star Mountain
Location in the United States
Location Glacier County, Montana, U.S.
Parent range Lewis Range
Topo map USGS Logan Pass, MT

Dusty Star Mountain (8,573 feet (2,613 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Connected by an arête to Citadel Mountain to the south, Dusty Star Mountain lies to the south and across the Saint Mary Valley from Going-to-the-Sun Mountain. Dusty Star Mountain is easily seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road, and often photographed by tourists taking pictures of Wild Goose Island which lies in the western section of Saint Mary Lake. The Blackfoot name for Dusty Star is iszika-kakatosi meaning "meteor" or "smoking star".

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