Triple Divide Peak (Montana)
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View from Triple Divide Peak
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 8,020 ft (2,440 m) |
| Prominence | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Parent peak | Norris Mountain |
| Listing |
Mountains in Flathead County Mountains in Glacier County |
| Coordinates | 48°34′23″N 113°31′00″W / 48.57306°N 113.51667°WCoordinates: 48°34′23″N 113°31′00″W / 48.57306°N 113.51667°W |
| Geography | |
 Triple Divide Peak
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| Parent range | Lewis Range |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Stimson, MT |
Triple Divide Peak (8,020 feet (2,444 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, part of the Rocky Mountains in North America. It is located in Glacier National Park in the state of Montana in the United States. The Lewis Range was formed in the Lewis Overthrust, some 170 million years ago, when an enormous slab of Precambrian rock faulted and slid over younger rocks from the Cretaceous period. The summit of the peak is the point where two of the principal continental divides in North America converge, the Great Divide and the Northern or Laurentian Divide.
Triple Divide Peak is located in Glacier National Park in the state of Montana in the United States. It is a hydrological apex of the North American continent, where the Great and Laurentian divides meet at the summit of the peak. Thus, all water that falls at this point can flow to the Pacific, Atlantic, or Arctic oceans (when Hudson Bay is considered an Arctic tributary).
Rainfall on the western side of the peak enters Pacific Creek, which in turn enters Nyack Creek, the Middle Fork of the Flathead River, Clark Fork River, Pend Oreille River, and the Columbia River which empties into the Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Oregon. Flathead Lake and Lake Pend Oreille are also fed by this system of rivers, as well as some man-made lakes on the Columbia River.
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