Mount Chittenden

Mount Chittenden
Elevation	10,177 ft (3,102 m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence	577 ft (176 m) [1]
Location
Location	Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming
Range	Absaroka Range
Coordinates	44°32′48″N 110°10′16″W / 44.5466102°N 110.1710251°W / 44.5466102; -110.1710251Coordinates: 44°32′48″N 110°10′16″W / 44.5466102°N 110.1710251°W / 44.5466102; -110.1710251[2]
Topo map	Mount Chittenden

Mount Chittenden el. 10,088 feet (3,075 m) 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. Chittenden was a Geological Survey member 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.

See also

• Mountains and mountain ranges of Yellowstone National Park

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} "Mount Chittenden, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5291. Retrieved 2010-03-04. 
2. ^ "Mount Chittenden". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1598748. 
3. ^ Whittlesey, Lee (1988). Yellowstone Place Names. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. pp. 103. ISBN 0917298152.