Meldrum Mountain

Meldrum Mountain
Meldrum Mountain
Elevation 9,468 ft (2,886 m)
Location
Location Yellowstone National Park, Gallatin County, Montana
Range Gallatin Range
Coordinates 45°02′51″N 111°00′57″W / 45.0475°N 111.01583°W / 45.0475; -111.01583 (Meldrum Mountain)[1]

Meldrum Mountain el. 9,468 feet (2,886 m) is a mountain peak in the southwestern section of the Gallatin Range in the Montana portion of Yellowstone National Park. The mountain was named in 1962 by the National Park Service for Judge John W. Meldrum (born September 17, 1843, died February 27, 1936) the first U.S. Commissioner in Yellowstone National Park, a position he held for 41 years (1894-1935)[2].


See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Meldrum Mountain". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:801150. 
  2. ^ Haines, Aubrey L. (1996). Yellowstone Place Names-Mirrors of History. Niwot, Colorado: University of Colorado Press. pp. 146–47. ISBN 0870813838. 

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