Mount Chittenden facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mount Chittenden
Mount Chittenden Location in Wyoming
Highest point
Elevation	10,182 ft (3,103 m)  NGVD 29
Prominence	577 ft (176 m)
Geography
Location	Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming
Parent range	Absaroka Range
Topo map	Mount Chittenden

Mount Chittenden el. 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. 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.

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.