Twin Sisters Range (Wash.)

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Name (Latin)
Twin Sisters Range (Wash.)
Other forms of name
Twin Sisters Mountains (Wash.)
Coordinates
-121.987 -121.987 48.7046 48.7046 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Mountains Washington (State)
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q7858299
Library of congress: sh2010012344
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Spanski, G.T. Chromite of the Twin Sisters Mountains, Washington, 1963.
  • GNIS, July 16, 2010(Twin Sisters Range, range, Whatcom County, Wash.; 48°42ʹ39ʺN 121°59ʹ36ʺW; refers to N and S Twin Mountains)
  • Washington place names, via WWW, July 16, 2010(Twin Sisters Range: This six mile long mountain range, extends from ten miles southwest of the summit of Mt. Baker to the Whatcom-Skagit county line in south central Whatcom County; North Twin Mountain has an elevation of 6,570 ft.; South Twin is somewhat higher, elevation 6,932 ft.)
Wikipedia description:

Twin Sisters Mountain (Nooksack: Kwetl’kwítl’ Smánit, "red mountain"), commonly called the Twin Sisters, is a mountain in the U.S. state of Washington. Part of the Cascade Range, it lies just southwest of Mount Baker. Of its two main peaks, South Twin is higher, with a summit elevation above 7,004 feet (2,135 m). The summit of North Twin is above 6,644 feet (2,025 m). There are several glaciers on the northeast slopes of Twin Sisters Mountain.

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