Mount Norris

Mount Norris
January 2010
Elevation	9,842 ft (3,000 m) [1]
Location
Location	Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming
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]
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

• Mountains and mountain ranges of Yellowstone National Park

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} "Mount Norris". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1592092. 
2. ^ Whittlesey, Lee (1988). Yellowstone Place Names. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 106. ISBN 0917298152.