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Wallowa Mountains

American  
[wah-lau-uh mohn-tnz] / wɑˈlaʊ ə ˈmoʊn tnz /

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. a mountain range in NE Oregon. Highest peak, Sacajawea Peak, 9,838 feet (2,999 meters).


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Dark clouds loom overhead, the water below glistening in the early-morning light as it carves a path between the brown rocks of Oregon’s Wallowa Mountains and Idaho’s Seven Devils Mountains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2023

Sunsets in the northeast Oregon locale are reliably amazing, with rainbow hues stretching across fields of wildflowers to the striking Wallowa Mountains.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2023

Other wildfires likely to be impacted include the Rum Creek fire in southwest Oregon above the Rogue River, and the Double Creek, Sturgill and Nebo fires in the Wallowa Mountains of northeast Oregon.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2022

From the summit, the Wallowa Mountains spread out in a wilderness of uniform spikes, of valleys and blue pools too numerous to place.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 23, 2014

The dark, towering silhouettes of the Wallowa Mountains surrounded us on all sides.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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