Barlow Peak

Coordinates: 44°10′58″N 110°22′38″W / 44.18278°N 110.37722°W / 44.18278; -110.37722 (Barlow Peak)
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Barlow Peak
From Mount Hancock, 1967
Highest point
Elevation9,609 ft (2,929 m)[1]
Coordinates44°10′58″N 110°22′38″W / 44.18278°N 110.37722°W / 44.18278; -110.37722 (Barlow Peak)[1]
Geography
LocationYellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming
Parent rangeBig Game Ridge
Topo mapMount Hancock

Barlow Peak, elevation 9,609 feet (2,929 m), is an isolated mountain peak in the Big Game Ridge section of southwest

Continental Divide, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Barlow Peak was named by geologist Arnold Hague in 1885 for Captain John W. Barlow, an early topographical engineer who helped to map the park.[2]

Barlow Peak's namesake, John W. Barlow

See also

  • Mountains and mountain ranges of Yellowstone National Park

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Barlow Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. .