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Prospect Peak (Park County, Wyoming)

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Topo map
  
Blacktail Deer Creek

Prominence
  
248 m

Parent range
  
Washburn Range

Elevation
  
2,904 m

Mountain range
  
Washburn Range

Location
  
Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming, US

Similar
  
Mount Norris, Mount Hornaday, The Thunderer, Abiathar Peak, Barronette Peak

Prospect Peak el. 9,527 feet (2,904 m) is a mountain peak in the Washburn Range of Yellowstone National Park. The summit is located approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) west southwest of Tower Junction. Between 1883-85, members of the Arnold Hague Geological Surveys named the peak Surprise Peak for reasons not now known. In 1880, then superintendent Philetus Norris had named the peak Mount Stephans for one of his assistants, C. N. Stephans. However, in 1885 Arnold Hague, for reasons again not known today, gave the peak its present name—Prospect Peak. The USGS has also mapped this summit as Mount Stephens. and also cited Surprise Peak as an alternate name.

Map of Prospect Peak, Wyoming 82190, USA

References

Prospect Peak (Park County, Wyoming) Wikipedia