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Abiathar Peak

Yellowstone's Craggy Face

Peak in Yellowstone NP, Rocky Mountains near Silver Gate, WY

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Abiathar Peak el. 10,928 feet (3,331 m) is a mountain peak in the northeastern section of Yellowstone National Park of Absaroka Range. The peak was named by members of the 1885 Hague Geological Survey to honor Charles Abiathar White, a geologist and paleontologist who had participated in early western geological surveys. White never visited Yellowstone.

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Bison shown in the photograph above with Abiathar Peak in the background.

Confluence of Pebble Creek and Soda Butte Creek on June 13, 2022 with a snow tipped Abiathar Peak (Left of Center) and Amphitheater Mountain (Center) on the skyline, Jacob W. Frank (NPS) photograph above.

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Named in 1885 by the USGS, “for Charles Abiathar White, Paleontologist, U. S. Geological Survey.” (Chittenden 1895)

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Chittenden, Hiram Martin. Yellowstone National Park. Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company, 1895. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42112/42112-h/42112-h.htm.

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Absaroka Volcanic Supergroup: Washburn Group (WYTaw;0)

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Absaroka Volcanic Supergroup

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