Ramshorn Peak (Sublette)

Name: Ramshorn Peak

 

County: Sublette

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1103413W

Latitude: 431342N

 

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Elevation: 10312/3143

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Feature Type: Summit

 

Origin of Name:

 

Located south of the Hoback River near the mouth of the Hoback Canyon. There are mountain sheep in that vicininty and someone found a ram’s horn on the summit of the mountain. Like so many other cases it was referred to as Ram’s Horn Peak and the name stuck.

 

Source: WPA

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Clause Peak

 

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