Name: Junction Butte

 

County: Park

 

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GNIS Entry 

 

Longitude: 1102319W

Latitude: 445509N 

 

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Elevation:  6588/2008

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Summit

 

Origin of Name:

Butte in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, so named because it is at the junction of the Yellowstone and Lamar Rivers.

Source: Gannett 

 

Butte, ... Yellowstone National Park ... . Not Square.

Source: Decisions

 

When or by whom given not known. The name arose, of course, from the fact that this butte stands at the junction of the two important streams, the Yellowstone and Lamar Rivers.  Barlow records that the butte was known as "Square Butte" at the time of his visit in 1871.

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Other Names: Square Butte

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Tower Junction

 

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