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 Yellowstone National Park, south of the 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

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Barlow Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Whittlesey, Lee (1996). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing Company. pp. 42–43. ISBN 1-59971-716-6.
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