Abiathar Peak

Abiathar Peak

January 2010
Elevation 10,928 ft (3,331 m) [1]
Prominence 848 ft (258 m) [2]
Pronunciation /əˈbiːəθər/
Location
Abiathar Peak
Yellowstone National Park,
Park County, Wyoming, USA
Range Absaroka Range
Coordinates [1]
Topo map Abiathar Peak

Abiathar Peak el. 10,928 feet (3,331 m) is a mountain peak in the northeastern section of Yellowstone National Park of Absaroka Range. The peak was named by members of the 1885 Hague Geological Survey to honor Charles Abiathar White, a geologist and paleontologist who had participated in early western geological surveys. White never visited Yellowstone.[3]

Images of Abiathar Peak
Abiathar Peak's namesake, Charles Abiathar White  
Abiathar Peak center between Soda Butte and Amphitheather Mountain  
1977  

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Abiathar Peak". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1584691. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 
  2. ^ "Abiathar Peak". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5275. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 
  3. ^ Whittlesey, Lee (1988). Yellowstone Place Names. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-917298-15-2.