Name: Moran Bay

 

County: Teton

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1104303W

Latitude: 435130N

 

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Elevation: 6775/2065

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Bay

 

Origin of Name:

Mountain (Mount Moran), altitude 12,100 feet, Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, ... . Named many years ago for the artist, Thomas Moran.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932 

 

Named after Thomas H. Moran who was an artist well known for his paintings of the Tetons. Thomas Moran came to Jackson Hole in the fall of 1879 to sketch and paint the Tetons. He states in his journal that the haze remaining from a fire was so thick that it prevented him from sketching.

Source: WPA

 

Other Names: Spirit Bay 

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Jenny Lake

 

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