Name: Electric Peak

County: Park County, Montana

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Longitude: 1105015W

Latitude: 450019N

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Elevation: 10961/3341

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Feature Type: Summit

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Peak in Yellowstone Park, named by Henry Gannett, United States geographer, on account of a severe electrical storm encountered there.

Source:Gannett, 1905

Peak, altitude 11,155 feet, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. ... . Named by United States Geological Survey in 1872. Mr. Gannett of the Hayden Party, leader of the mountain climbers, ascended in an electrical storm and suffered from extraordinary electrical phenomena, compelling descent.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Electric Peak

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