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Abiathar Peak

Coordinates: 44°58′31″N 110°01′56″W / 44.97528°N 110.03222°W / 44.97528; -110.03222
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Abiathar Peak
January 2010
Highest point
Elevation10,928 ft (3,331 m)[1]
Prominence848 ft (258 m)[2]
Coordinates44°58′31″N 110°01′56″W / 44.97528°N 110.03222°W / 44.97528; -110.03222[1]
Naming
Pronunciation/əˈbəθər/
Geography
Abiathar Peak is located in Wyoming
Abiathar Peak
Abiathar Peak
Wyoming
LocationYellowstone National Park,
Park County, Wyoming, US
Parent rangeAbsaroka Range
Topo mapAbiathar Peak

Abiathar Peak is a mountain peak with an elevation of 10,928 feet (3,331 m) in the northeastern section of Yellowstone National Park, in the Absaroka Range of the U.S. state of Wyoming. It sits across and east of its better known neighbor, Barronette Peak. The peak was named by members of the 1885 Hague Geological Survey to honor Charles Abiathar White, a geologist and paleontologist who had participated in early western geological surveys. White never visited Yellowstone.[3]

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Abiathar Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  2. ^ "Abiathar Peak". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  3. ^ Whittlesey, Lee (1988). Yellowstone Place Names. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-917298-15-2.