Mount Hornaday
| Mount Hornaday | |
|---|---|
As viewed from Pebble Creek | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 10,003 ft (3,049 m)[1] |
| Coordinates | 44°56′42″N 110°08′46″W / 44.94500°N 110.14611°W[1] |
| Geography | |
Mount Hornaday Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming | |
| Parent range | Absaroka Range |
| Topo map | Mount Hornaday |
Mount Hornaday el. 10,003 feet (3,049 m) is a mountain peak in the northeast section of Yellowstone National Park in the Absaroka Range, Wyoming. The peak was named in 1938 for naturalist William Temple Hornaday, a former director of the New York Zoological Gardens who championed the cause of saving the American Bison from extinction.[2]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b "Mount Hornaday". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Whittlesey, Lee (1988). Yellowstone Place Names. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 105. ISBN 0-917298-15-2.