Mount Norris

Mount Norris

January 2010
Highest point
Elevation 9,842 ft (3,000 m) [1]
Coordinates 44°52′28″N 110°05′41″W / 44.87444°N 110.09472°W / 44.87444; -110.09472 (Mount Norris)Coordinates: 44°52′28″N 110°05′41″W / 44.87444°N 110.09472°W / 44.87444; -110.09472 (Mount Norris) [1]
Geography
Location Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming
Topo map Wahb Springs

Mount Norris el. 9,842 feet (3,000 m) is a mountain peak in the northeast section of Yellowstone National Park in the Absaroka Range. In 1875 the peak was named for and named by Philetus Norris, the second park superintendent (1877–1882). Norris was on a visit to the park with several mountain guides, including Collins Jack Yellowstone Jack Baronette. They ascended the peak at the head of the Lamar Valley and presumed they were the first white men to do so, thus naming it Mount Norris.[2]

Images of Mount Norris
Mount Norris' namesake, Philetus Norris 
South Ridge 

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Mount Norris". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Whittlesey, Lee (1988). Yellowstone Place Names. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 106. ISBN 0-917298-15-2.
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