Editing Teton Range

{{Short description|Mountain range in Wyoming, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Use American English|date=November 2023}}
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| photo = Adams The Tetons and the Snake River.jpg
| photo_caption = Teton Range, from the [[Snake River]] overlook, by [[Ansel Adams]]
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| country = [[United States]]
| state = [[Wyoming]]
| parent = [[Rocky Mountains]]
| length_mi = 40
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| width_mi = 12
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| highest = [[Grand Teton]]
| elevation_ft = 13775
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[[File:Aerial image of the Cathedral Group of the Teton Range (view from the southeast).jpg|thumb|280px|Aerial view of the [[Cathedral Group]] of the Teton Range from the southeast with [[South Teton]], [[Nez Perce Peak]], [[Middle Teton]], [[Grand Teton]], [[Mount Owen (Wyoming)|Mount Owen]], [[Teewinot Mountain]] (from left to right; see the image annotations), [[Taggart Lake]] (left), and [[Bradley Lake]] (right)]]
The '''Teton Range''' is a [[mountain range]] of the [[Rocky Mountains]] in [[North America]]. It extends for approximately {{convert|40|mi|km}} in a north–south direction through the U.S. state of [[Wyoming]], east of the [[Idaho]] state line. It is south of [[Yellowstone National Park]], and most of the east side of the range is within [[Grand Teton National Park]].

One theory says the early French [[voyageurs]] named the range ''{{lang|fr|les trois tétons}}'' ("the three nipples") after the [[Breast-shaped hill|breast-like shapes]] of its peaks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/grte/grte_geology/sec1.htm|title=Creation of the Teton Landscape: The Geologic Story of Grand Teton National Park - The Story Begins |publisher=National Park Service|date=2007-01-19|access-date=2024-11-02}}</ref> Another theory says the range is named for the Teton Sioux (from Thítȟuŋwaŋ), also known as the [[Lakota people]].<ref name=NLD>Ullrich, Jan. (2008). ''New Lakota Dictionary''. Lakota Language Consortium. {{ISBN|0-9761082-9-1}}</ref> It is likely that the local [[Shoshone people]] once called the whole range ''{{lang|shh|Teewinot}}'', meaning "many pinnacles".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://faculty.deanza.edu/donahuemary/stories/storyReader$2802 |title=Teton range peak names |publisher=DeAnza College |date=2013-09-22 |access-date=2013-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409190729/http://faculty.deanza.edu/donahuemary/stories/storyReader$2802 |archive-date=2016-04-09 }}</ref>

The principal summits of the central massif, sometimes referred to as the [[Cathedral Group]], are [[Grand Teton]] ({{convert|13775|ft}}), [[Mount Owen (Wyoming)|Mount Owen]] ({{convert|12928|ft}}), [[Teewinot Mountain|Teewinot]] ({{convert|12325|ft}}), [[Middle Teton]] ({{convert|12804|ft}}) and [[South Teton]] ({{convert|12514|ft}}). Other peaks in the range include [[Mount Moran]] ({{convert|12605|ft}}), [[Mount Wister]] ({{convert|11490|ft}}), [[Buck Mountain (Wyoming)|Buck Mountain]] ({{convert|11938|ft}}) and [[Static Peak]] ({{convert|11303|ft}}).

==Geology==
{{Main|Geology of the Grand Teton area}}
Between six and nine million years ago, stretching and thinning of the [[Earth's crust]] caused movement along the Teton [[Geologic fault|fault]]. The west block along the fault line rose to form the Teton Range, creating the youngest mountain range in the Rocky Mountains. The fault's east block fell to form the valley called [[Jackson Hole]]. The geological processes that led to the current composition of the oldest rocks in the Teton Range began about 2.5 billion years ago. At that time, sand and volcanic debris settled into an ancient ocean. Additional sediment was deposited for millions of years and eventually heat and pressure metamorphosed the sediment into [[gneiss]]. 

Subsequently, magma was forced up through the cracks in the gneiss to form [[granite]], anywhere from inches to hundreds of feet thick. Other intrusive igneous rocks are noticeable as the black [[Dike (geology)|dike]]s of [[diabase]], visible on the southwest face of [[Mount Moran]] and on the [[Grand Teton]]. Starting during the [[Cambrian]] period, deep deposits of sedimentary rock were deposited in shallow seas over the metamorphic basement rocks. Erosion and uplift have exposed the metamorphic and intrusive igneous rocks now visible on the east slope of the range and in the [[Cathedral Group]] and the [[Paleozoic]] and [[Cenozoic]] sedimentary rocks on the west slope. As recently as 2.1 million years ago the [[Huckleberry Ridge Tuff]] was deposited along the west slope of the north part of the range.

[[Image:Barns grand tetons.jpg|right|thumb|280px|The Teton Range rises dramatically above [[Mormon Row Historic District|Mormon Row]].]]
[[File:Jenny lake and Grand Tetons.png|thumb|Grand Tetons in 1921]]
One reason the Teton Range is famous is because of the dramatic elevation profile visible from the eastern side, which rises sharply from {{convert|4,000|to(-)|7,000|ft|m}} above the valley floor. Unlike most mountain ranges, the east side of the Teton Range lacks significant [[foothills]] or lower peaks which might obscure the view. This is due to the presence of the [[Teton Fault]] at the base of the east slope as well as the range being too young to have eroded into soft hills. The [[Snake River]] flows southward through the valley before turning to the west and entering Idaho.

[[File:Tetons-from-national-elk-refuge-march-2024.jpg|thumb|The Teton Range as seen from the National Elk Refuge, March 2024.]]

==As a filming location==
The Tetons and Jackson Hole have been the setting for a number of films, including [[John Wayne]]'s film acting debut in ''[[The Big Trail]]'' in 1930 and the western film classic ''[[Shane (film)|Shane]]'' in 1953.<ref name=goetzmann>{{cite web| last = Goetzmann | first = William H. | title = Picturing Jackson Hole and Grand Teton National Park | work = A Place Called Jackson Hole | publisher = Grand Teton Natural History Association | date = July 24, 2004| url = http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/grte2/hrs18b.htm| access-date = 2011-05-15}}</ref> Mount Moran and the surrounding mountains were used as a backdrop for the lake/swamp setting in the original television series ''[[Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)|Land of the Lost]]''. In addition, this mountain range is shown on the cover of rapper [[Kanye West]]'s eighth studio album ''[[Ye (album)|Ye]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mizoguchi |first1=Karen |last2=White |first2=Chelsea |last3=Telling |first3=Gillian |url=https://people.com/music/kanye-west-new-album-ye-released-after-twitter-rants-controversies |title=Kanye West Raps About Kim Kardashian West Leaving Him, Bipolar Disorder in 7-Track Album Ye |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=June 1, 2018 |access-date=June 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601100121/https://people.com/music/kanye-west-new-album-ye-released-after-twitter-rants-controversies/ |archive-date=June 1, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Breast-shaped hill]]
*[[Geology of the Grand Teton area]]
*[[List of mountain ranges in Wyoming]]

==Notes==
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==External links==
{{Commons and category|Teton Range}}
*[http://www.nps.gov/grte/index.htm National Park Service Grand Teton Park site]
*[http://www.pataclimb.com/climbingareas/tetons.html A description of the Grand Teton Grand Traverse]

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[[Category:Ranges of the Rocky Mountains]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of Wyoming]]
[[Category:Landforms of Grand Teton National Park]]
[[Category:Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem]]
[[Category:Landforms of Teton County, Wyoming]]