Blacktail Butte

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state = Wyoming
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elevation_imperial = 6568
prominence_imperial = 1100
lat_d =43 | lat_m =38 | lat_s =7 | lat_NS = N
long_d =110 | long_m =41 | long_s =32 | long_EW =W
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map_locator=Wyoming
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Blacktail Butte is a mountain landform rising from Jackson Hole valley in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming [National Geographic Society (2003) "Grand Teton National Park: Trails Unlimited"] . Blacktail Butte was originally named Upper Gros Ventre Butte in an early historical survey conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey [U.S. Geological Survey, "Map of Portions of Idaho and Wyoming" Survey conducted by F. Hayden] . Most of Blacktail Butte is densely forested with a mixed fir forest of lodgepole pine, Douglas fir and Engelmann Spruce; however there are several large sedimentary rock outcroppings and scattered pockets of Aspen trees [.Lumina Tech, C.M. Hogan (2007), "Water quality baselines for selected surface waters within the Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks"] . This butte is a principal landmark with Jackson Hole, visible from much of the Jackson Hole valley floor as well as many portions of the Teton Range.

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=See also=
* Geology of the Grand Teton area