Bannock Range
{{Short description|Mountain range in Idaho}}
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| country = United States
| state = Idaho
| parent = Rocky Mountains
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| listing = Mountain ranges of Idaho
| highest = Oxford Peak
| elevation = {{convert|7,018|ft|m|0|lk=off|abbr=on}}
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| length_mi = 65
| length_orientation = NW/SE
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| photo = From Scout Mountain to Old Tom Mountain - panoramio.jpg
| photo_caption = Old Tom Mountain
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The Bannock Range is a mountain range situated in southern Idaho, near the Idaho-Utah border.{{Cite web |title=Bannock Range Archives |url=https://www.idahoaclimbingguide.com/regions/bannock-range/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=IDAHO: A Climbing Guide |language=en-US}} 28 named mountains are located within the boundaries of the range, the tallest sitting at an elevation of {{Convert|9,300|ft|m}}.
Location
The range is located in Southern Idaho,{{Cite web |title=Bannock Range - Peakbagger.com |url=https://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=14502 |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=www.peakbagger.com}} and sits along the Portneuf River to the east and the Bear River to its south. To the north of the range is Pocatello.{{Cite web |last=PeakVisor |title=Bannock Range |url=https://peakvisor.com/range/bannock-range.html |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=PeakVisor |language=en}} Large portions of the range are privately owned, and 13% is maintained by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.{{Cite web |last=Brent Thomas |first=Idaho Fish and Game |title=Bannock Zone {{!}} Idaho Hunt Planner |url=https://idfg.idaho.gov/ifwis/huntplanner/zone.aspx?ID=40 |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=idfg.idaho.gov |language=EN}} Two large thrust faults are located in the range, and a gravitational fault exists on its eastern edge.{{Cite journal |last=Raymond |first=Larry |date=1971-05-01 |title=Structural Geology of the Oxford Peak Area, Bannock Range, Idaho |url=https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6654/ |journal=All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023 |doi=10.26076/3735-c5de}}{{Cite web |last=LUDLUM |first=JOHN C. |date=July 1, 1943 |title=Structure and stratigraphy of part of the Bannock Range, Idaho |url=https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/gsabulletin/article-abstract/54/7/973/4002/Structure-and-stratigraphy-of-part-of-the-Bannock?redirectedFrom=fulltext |access-date=October 25, 2024 |website=GEOScienceWorld}}
Notable peaks
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank |
| align="center" |1
|Oxford Peak | align="center" |{{Convert|9,300|ft|m}} | align="center" |{{Convert|4,030|ft|m}} |
| align="center" |2
|Elkhorn Peak | align="center" |{{Convert|9,095|ft|m}} | align="center" |{{Convert|3,515|ft|m}} |
| align="center" |3
|Wakley Peak | align="center" |{{Convert|8,801|ft|m}} | align="center" |{{Convert|741|ft|m}} |
| align="center" |4
|Old Tom Mountain | align="center" |{{Convert|8733|ft|m}} | align="center" |{{Convert|2,913|ft|m}} |
| align="center" |5
|Scout Mountain | align="center" |{{Convert|8710|ft|m}} | align="center" |{{Convert|1,240|ft|m}} |
| align="center" |6
|Peak 8621 | align="center" |{{Convert|8621|ft|m}} | align="center" |{{Convert|361|ft|m}} |
| align="center" |7
|Peak 8540 | align="center" |{{Convert|8540|ft|m}} | align="center" |{{Convert|360|ft|m}} |
| align="center" |8
|Kents Peak | align="center" |{{Convert|8451|ft|m}} | align="center" |{{Convert|71|ft|m}} |
| align="center" |9
|Old Baldy Peak | align="center" |{{Convert|8356|ft|m}} | align="center" |{{Convert|1,256|ft|m}} |
| align="center" |10
|Peak 8339 | align="center" |{{Convert|8165|ft|m}} | align="center" |{{Convert|319|ft|m}} |
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