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Hedges Peak, elevation 9,669 feet (2,947 m), is a mountain peak in the Washburn Range in Yellowstone National Park, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak was named in 1895 by geologist Arnold Hague to honor Cornelius Hedges[2] (1837–1907), a member of the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition of 1871 and a prominent Montana lawyer. Hedges' accounts of the expedition in the Helena Daily Herald newspaper contributed to the campaign to create Yellowstone National Park. Prior to 1895 the peak had been named Surprise Peak by geologist J.P. Iddings in 1883.[3]

Hedges Peak's namesake, Cornelius Hedges
Hedges Peak's namesake, Cornelius Hedges
Hedges Peak
Hedges Peak (left) and Dunraven Peak (right)
Highest point
Elevation9,669 ft (2,947 m)[1]
Coordinates44°46′39″N 110°28′47″W[1]
Geography
Hedges Peak
Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming
Parent rangeWashburn Range
Topo mapUSGS Mount Washburn

See also



Notes


  1. "Hedges Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 153.
  3. Whittlesey, Lee (1996). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing Company. pp. 128–29. ISBN 1-59971-716-6.

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Der Hedges Peak ist ein Berg im Yellowstone-Nationalpark im Nordwesten des US-Bundesstaates Wyoming. Sein Gipfel hat eine Höhe von 2952 m und ist Teil der Gallatin-Range in den Rocky Mountains. Der Dunraven Peak sowie der prominente Mount Washburn liegen nordöstlich des Hedges Peak.[1][2]
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