Eagle Peak (Wyoming)

Eagle Peak

Eagle Peak
Elevation 11,358 ft (3,462 m)
Prominence 1,847 ft (563 m) [1]
Location
Location Park County, Wyoming, USA
Range Absaroka Range
Topo map USGS Eagle Peak

Eagle Peak (11,358 feet (3,462 m)) is situated in the Absaroka Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming, and is the tallest mountain in Yellowstone National Park.[2][3] Located on the park boundary with Shoshone National Forest, the mountain rises to the east of the southeast arm of Yellowstone Lake. The mountain is also one of the highest points in the Washakie Wilderness area of Shoshone National Forest.

Eagle Peak was named in 1885 by geologist Arnold Hague for its resemblance to a Spread Eagle. Up until the 1930s, most park officials and geologists believed that Electric Peak near Gardiner, Montana was the park's highest peak, not Eagle Peak.[4]

Images of Eagle Peak
ca. 1890  

See also

References

  1. ^ "Eagle Peak, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5305. Retrieved 2007-04-11. 
  2. ^ "Yellowstone Fact Sheet". National Park Service. 2006-08-10. http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/factsheet.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-11. 
  3. ^ "Eagle Peak, USGS Eagle Peak (WY) Topo Map" (Map). TopoQuest (USGS Quads). http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=44.32083&lon=-110.02694&datum=nad27&u=4&layer=DRG&size=l&s=500. Retrieved 2008-06-29. 
  4. ^ Whittlesey, Lee (1988). Yellowstone Place Names. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 49. ISBN 0917298152. 
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