Name: Mount Doane

County: Park

Authority Name: 

GNIS Entry

Longitude:  1100853W

Latitude: 442449N

Legal Description:

Elevation: 10554/3217

(ft/m)

Feature Type: Summit

Origin of Name:

Mount in Yellowstone Park, named for Lieut. Gustavus C. Doane, United States Army, who commanded the military escort of an expedition in 1870.

Source: Gannett, 1905

Mountain, altitude 10,500 feet, Yellowstone National Park, ... . Named by the Washburn party, 1870, for Lieut. G. C. Doane, commander of the military escort of this expedition, who made the first official report upon the wonders of the Yellowstone region.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932