Name: Weed Butte

 

County: Sweetwater

 

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Feature Type: Summit

 

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Part of the Leucite Hills.

Source: Kemp and Knight

 

This lies in the general direction of the strike of Iddings Dike and is another neck resting on a rounded hill at a lower elevation ... . We name it after Mr. Walter Harvey Weed, of the United States Geological Survey in recognition of his work in Yellowstone Park.

Source: Kemp and Knight 

 

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