Name: West Thumb

 

County: Teton

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1103157W

Latitude: 442540N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 7736/2358

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Bay

 

Origin of Name:

Bay, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., large west extension of Yellowstone Lake.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932 

 

The shape of the lake (Yellowstone) was compared by the early explorers to the form of the human hand. The resemblance is exceedingly remote, ... . The "fingers" have now been generally dropped from the maps and replaced by the usual names; but "West Thumb" seems to have become a fixture.

Source: Chittenden  

 

Other Names: Thumb

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: West Thumb

 

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