Mount Chittenden, elevation 10,182 feet (3,103 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, 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
Highest point
Elevation10,182 ft (3,103 m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence577 ft (176 m)[1]
Coordinates44°32′48″N 110°10′16″W / 44.5466102°N 110.1710251°W / 44.5466102; -110.1710251[2]
Geography
LocationYellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming
Parent rangeAbsaroka Range
Topo mapMount Chittenden

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.

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  1. ^ a b "Mount Chittenden, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  2. ^ "Mount Chittenden". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ Whittlesey, Lee (1988). Yellowstone Place Names. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 103. ISBN 0-917298-15-2.