Mount Hornaday el. 10,003 feet (3,049 m) is a mountain peak in the northeast section of Yellowstone National Park in the Absaroka Range, Wyoming. The peak was named in 1938 for naturalist William Temple Hornaday, a former director of the New York Zoological Gardens who championed the cause of saving the American Bison from extinction.[2]
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Elevation | 10,003 ft (3,049 m)[1] |
Coordinates | 44°56′42″N 110°08′46″W[1] |
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![]() ![]() Mount Hornaday Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming | |
Parent range | Absaroka Range |
Topo map | Mount Hornaday |
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