Name: Peale Island

County: Teton

Authority Name: 

GNIS Entry

Longitude:  1101902W

Latitude: 441717N

Legal Description:

Elevation: 7743/2360

(ft/m)

Feature Type: Island

Origin of Name:

Island, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., at extreme south end of South Arm of Yellowstone Lake. Named for Dr. A. C. Peale, author of report on thermal springs, in Hayden's report, 1878.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932 

Peale Island is named for "Dr. A. C. Peale, author of the elaborate report upon hot springs and geysers in the Hayden report of 1878."

Source: Chittenden