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Matahpi Peak
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Matahpi Peak
Highest point
Elevation 9,370 ft (2,860 m)
Prominence 965 ft (294 m)
Geography
Matahpi Peak is located in Montana
Matahpi Peak
Matahpi Peak
Location in Montana
Matahpi Peak is located in the United States
Matahpi Peak
Matahpi Peak
Location in the United States
Location Glacier County, Montana, U.S.
Parent range Lewis Range
Topo map USGS Logan Pass, MT

Matahpi Peak (9,370 feet (2,856 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Below the summit of Matahpi Peak lies Sexton Glacier. Going-to-the-Sun Mountain is just over 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south of Matahpi Peak.

Geology

Like other mountains in Glacier National Park, Matahpi Peak is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was initially uplifted beginning 170 million years ago when the Lewis Overthrust fault pushed an enormous slab of precambrian rocks 3 mi (4.8 km) thick, 50 miles (80 km) wide and 160 miles (260 km) long over younger rock of the cretaceous period.

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