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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]

For the mountain in California, see Chittenden Peak.
Mount Chittenden
Mount Chittenden
Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming
Highest point
Elevation10,182 ft (3,103 m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence577 ft (176 m)[1]
Coordinates44°32′48″N 110°10′16″W[2]
Geography
LocationYellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming
Parent rangeAbsaroka Range
Topo mapMount Chittenden

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

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[de] Mount Chittenden

Der Mount Chittenden ist ein Berg im Yellowstone-Nationalpark im nordwestlichen Teil des US-Bundesstaates Wyoming. Sein Gipfel hat eine Höhe von 3102 m. Er befindet sich wenige Kilometer östlich des Yellowstone Lake, bildet die Grenze des Parks zum Shoshone National Forest und ist Teil der Absaroka-Bergkette in den Rocky Mountains.[1]
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