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Turtle Butte
Summit in Tripp County, South Dakota, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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