Mount Norris
January 2010
Highest point
Elevation9,842 ft (3,000 m)[1]
Coordinates44°52′28″N 110°05′41″W / 44.87444°N 110.09472°W / 44.87444; -110.09472 (Mount Norris)[1]
Geography
Topo mapWahb Springs

Mount Norris, elevation 9,842 feet (3,000 m), is a mountain peak in the northeast section of Yellowstone National Park in the Absaroka Range of the U.S. state of Wyoming. In 1875, the peak was named for and by Philetus Norris, the park's second superintendent from 1877 to 1882. While on a visit to the park, Norris and several mountain guides, including Collins Jack "Yellowstone Jack" Baronette, ascended the peak at the head of the Lamar Valley and presumed they were the first white men to do so, thus naming it Mount Norris.[2]

Mount Norris' namesake, Philetus Norris
South Ridge

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Notes

  1. ^ a b "Mount Norris". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Whittlesey, Lee (1988). Yellowstone Place Names. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 106. ISBN 0-917298-15-2.
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