Name: Amethyst Mountain

 

County: Park

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude: 1101515W

Latitude: 444943N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 9609/2929

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Summit

 

Origin of Name:

Mountain in Yellowstone Park ... so named by the United States Geological Survey from the crystalline amethysts formerly abundant on its broad summit.

Source: Gannett, 1905

 

Named by the United States Geological Survey in 1872 based on its characteristics.

Source: Chittenden, 1895

 

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History:

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Amethyst Mountain

 

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More Information:

Harder, Kelsie B. Illustrated Dictionary of Place Names: Unitd States and Canada. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1976. 

Stewart, George R. American Place-Names: A concise and selective dictionary for the Continental United States of America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1970.

 

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