Abiathar Peak

Abiathar Peak

January 2010
Highest point
Elevation 10,928 ft (3,331 m) [1]
Prominence 848 ft (258 m) [2]
Coordinates 44°58′31″N 110°01′56″W / 44.97528°N 110.03222°W / 44.97528; -110.03222Coordinates: 44°58′31″N 110°01′56″W / 44.97528°N 110.03222°W / 44.97528; -110.03222 [1]
Naming
Pronunciation /əˈbiːəθər/
Geography
Abiathar Peak

Wyoming

Location Yellowstone National Park,
Park County, Wyoming, US
Parent range Absaroka Range
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. 1 2 "Abiathar Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  2. ↑ "Abiathar Peak". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  3. ↑ Whittlesey, Lee (1988). Yellowstone Place Names. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-917298-15-2.
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