Mount Hornaday facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mount Hornaday |
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![]() As viewed from Pebble Creek
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 10,003 ft (3,049 m) |
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Parent range | Absaroka Range |
Topo map | Mount Hornaday |
Mount Hornaday el. 10,003 feet (3,049 m) is a mountain peak in the northeast section of Yellowstone National Park in the Absaroka Range, Wyoming. The peak was named in 1938 for naturalist William Temple Hornaday, a former director of the New York Zoological Gardens who championed the cause of saving the American Bison from extinction.
![William Hornaday](/images/thumb/b/b9/William_Hornaday.jpg/230px-William_Hornaday.jpg)
Mount Hornaday's namesake, William Temple Hornaday
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