South Pass
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 196 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5114-6865-5
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! South Pass (elevation 7,412 feet (2,259 m) and 7,550 feet (2,300 m)) is two mountain passes on the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Wyoming. The passes are located in a broad low region, 35 miles broad, between the Wind River Range to the north and the Oregon Buttes and Great Divide Basin to the south, in southwestern Fremont County, approximately 35 miles (54 km) SSW of Lander. South Pass is the lowest point on the Continental Divide between the Central Rocky Mountains and the Southern Rocky Mountains. The passes furnish a natural crossing point of the Rockies and the historic pass has historically been the route for the Oregon Trail, California Trail, and Mormon Trail during the 19th century. It is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The pass is a broad open saddle with prairie and sagebrush, allowing a broad and nearly level route between the Atlantic and Pacific watersheds. The Sweetwater River flows past the east...