Mount Woodrow Wilson

Mount Woodrow Wilson
Mount Woodrow Wilson
Elevation 13,502 ft (4,115 m)
Prominence 502 ft (153 m) [1]
Location
Location Fremont / Sublette counties, Wyoming, USA
Range Wind River Range
Coordinates 43°10′00″N 109°39′08″W / 43.1666667°N 109.65222°W / 43.1666667; -109.65222Coordinates: 43°10′00″N 109°39′08″W / 43.1666667°N 109.65222°W / 43.1666667; -109.65222
Topo map USGS Gannett Peak
Climbing
First ascent 1924 by Albert Bessine, Edgar Doll and Carol Thompson-Jones

Mount Woodrow Wilson (13,502 ft / 4,115 m) is located in the Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming.[2] The peak is the eighth highest in the range and the ninth highest in Wyoming.[1] The summit is located in the Bridger Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest, immediately west of the Continental Divide. The eastern and western flanks of the mountain are covered in snowfields and glaciers, including Dinwoody Glacier to the northeast and Mammoth Glacier to the west.

It is named after the American president Woodrow Wilson.

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