Topografische Karte Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Name: Topografische Karte Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Höhe, Relief.

Ort: Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Pennington County, South Dakota, United States (43.86803 -103.46857 43.89233 -103.42916)

Durchschnittliche Höhe: 1’528 m

Minimale Höhe: 1’343 m

Maximale Höhe: 1’726 m

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (Lakota: Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe, or Six Grandfathers) in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota, United States. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture's design and oversaw the project's execution from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son, Lincoln Borglum. The sculpture features the 60-foot-tall (18 m) heads of four United States Presidents recommended by Borglum: George Washington (1732–1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) and Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865). The four presidents were chosen to represent the nation's birth, growth, development and preservation, respectively. The memorial park covers 1,278 acres (2.00 sq mi; 5.17 km2) and the mountain itself has an elevation of 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level.

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