Turtle Butte is a summit in Tripp County, South Dakota, in the United States.[1] With an elevation of 2,343 feet (714 m), Turtle Butte is the 456th highest summit in the state of South Dakota.[2]
Turtle Butte derives its name from a Native American legend in which a warrior sat upon a rock only to realize the rock was in fact a giant turtle.[3]
Turtle Butte Formation is a named geological formation on the western side of the summit.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Turtle Butte
- ^ "Turtle Butte". Peakery.com. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 4.
- ^ Luttrell, Gwendolyn Lewise Werth (1981). Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States for 1968-1975. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 318.
43°03′38″N 99°50′30″W / 43.06056°N 99.84167°W