Mount Chittenden

Mountain in Montana, United States
Mount Chittenden is located in Wyoming
Mount Chittenden
Mount Chittenden
Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming
Highest pointElevation10,182 ft (3,103 m) NGVD 29[1]Prominence577 ft (176 m)[1]Coordinates44°32′48″N 110°10′16″W / 44.5466102°N 110.1710251°W / 44.5466102; -110.1710251[2]GeographyLocationYellowstone National Park, Park County, WyomingParent rangeAbsaroka RangeTopo mapMount Chittenden

Mount Chittenden, elevation 10,182 feet (3,103 m), is a mountain peak in the Absaroka Range in Yellowstone National Park. The peak was named by Henry Gannett of the Hayden Geological Survey of 1878 for George B. Chittenden, a surveyor who had worked with Gannett, Hayden and others in surveys in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. Chittenden never participated in any of the Yellowstone surveys.[3]

Mount Chittenden was not named for Major Hiram M. Chittenden, the U.S. Army Engineer famous for his road and bridge work in the park.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b "Mount Chittenden, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  2. ^ "Mount Chittenden". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ Whittlesey, Lee (1988). Yellowstone Place Names. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 103. ISBN 0-917298-15-2.
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