Mount Chittenden | |
Elevation Ft: | 10182 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence Ft: | 577 |
Map: | USA Wyoming |
Location: | Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming |
Range: | Absaroka Range |
Coordinates: | 44.5466°N -110.171°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [2] |
Topo: | Mount Chittenden |
Mount Chittenden, elevation 10182feet, is a mountain peak in the Absaroka Range in Yellowstone National Park. The peak was named by Henry Gannett of the Hayden Geological Survey of 1878 for George B. Chittenden, a surveyor who had worked with Gannett, Hayden and others in surveys in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. Chittenden never participated in any of the Yellowstone surveys.[3]
Mount Chittenden was not named for Major Hiram M. Chittenden, the U.S. Army Engineer famous for his road and bridge work in the park.