Barlow Peak

Barlow Peak
From Mount Hancock, 1967
Highest point
Elevation	9,609 ft (2,929 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	44°10′58″N 110°22′38″W / 44.18278°N 110.37722°W / 44.18278; -110.37722 (Barlow Peak)Coordinates: 44°10′58″N 110°22′38″W / 44.18278°N 110.37722°W / 44.18278; -110.37722 (Barlow Peak) ^[1]
Geography
Location	Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming
Parent range	Big Game Ridge
Topo map	Mount Hancock

Barlow Peak el. 9,609 feet (2,929 m) is an isolated mountain peak in the Big Game Ridge section of southwest Yellowstone National Park south of the Continental Divide. Barlow peak was named by geologist Arnold Hague in 1885 for Captain John W. Barlow an early topographical engineer mapping in the park.^[2]

Images of Barlow Peak

Barlow Peak's namesake, John W. Barlow

Notes

1 2 "Barlow Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Whittlesey, Lee (1996). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing Company. pp. 42–43. ISBN 1-59971-716-6.

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Barlow Peak

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