Hedges Peak

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Hedges Peak
Elevation	9,669 ft (2,947 m)^[1]
Location
Location	Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming
Range	Washburn Range
Coordinates	44°46′39″N 110°28′47″W / 44.77750°N 110.47972°W / 44.77750; -110.47972 (Hedges Peak)Coordinates: 44°46′39″N 110°28′47″W / 44.77750°N 110.47972°W / 44.77750; -110.47972 (Hedges Peak)^[1]
Topo map	USGS Mount Washburn

Hedges Peak el. 9,669 feet (2,947 m) is a mountain peak in the Washburn Range in Yellowstone National Park. The peak was named in 1895 by geologist Arnold Hague to honor Cornelius Hedges (1837–1907), a member of the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition of 1871 and prominent Montana lawyer. Hedges accounts of the expedition in Helena Daily Herald newspaper contributed to the campaign to create Yellowstone National Park. Prior to 1895 the peak had been named Surprise Peak by geologist J.P. Iddings in 1883.^[2]

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Hedges Peak's namesake, Cornelius Hedges

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hedges Peak". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey.
↑ Whittlesey, Lee (1996). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing Company. pp. 128–29. ISBN 1-59971-716-6.

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