Parent range Absaroka Range Elevation 3,102 m Mountain range Absaroka Range | Topo map Mount Chittenden Prominence 176 m | |
Location Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming Similar Mount Schurz, Mount Hancock, Mount Doane, Colter Peak, Factory Hill | ||
Mount Chittenden el. 10,088 feet (3,075 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. Chittenden was a Geological Survey member who had worked with Gannett, Hayden and others in surveys in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. Chittenden never participated in any of the Yellowstone surveys.
Map of Mt Chittenden, Wyoming 82414, USA
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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