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Mahtotopa Mountain
Mahtotopa Mountain.jpg
Mahtotopa Mountain under the cloud with Little Chief Mountain in background
Highest point
Elevation 8,677 ft (2,645 m)
Prominence 417 ft (127 m)
Geography
Mahtotopa Mountain is located in Montana
Mahtotopa Mountain
Mahtotopa Mountain
Location in Montana
Mahtotopa Mountain is located in the United States
Mahtotopa Mountain
Mahtotopa Mountain
Location in the United States
Location Glacier County, Montana, U.S.
Parent range Lewis Range
Topo map USGS Rising Sun, MT

Mahtotopa Mountain (8,677 feet (2,645 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Mahtotopa Mountain rises to the south above Saint Mary Lake midway between Red Eagle Mountain and Little Chief Mountain and can be easily seen from the Going-to-the-Sun Road to the southwest of Rising Sun. Originally named Four Bears Mountain by George Bird Grinnell in 1885, the name was changed in 1932 to Mahtotopa. Mahtotopa is an incorrect spelling of "Mato-tope", the Mandan chief known as Four Bears. Mato-tope was a grandfather of Joe Kipp, a hunting companion of Grinnell.

St Mary Lake
Saint Mary Lake with Mahtotpa Mountain at far left
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