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Mountain in Wyoming, United States

Bunsen Peak
Bunsen Peak from Mammoth, 2009
Highest point
Elevation8,564 ft (2,610 m)
Coordinates44°55′54″N 110°42′25″W / 44.93167°N 110.70694°W / 44.93167; -110.70694
Geography
Bunsen Peak is located in WyomingBunsen PeakBunsen PeakYellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming, U.S.
Parent rangeGallatin Range
Topo mapMammoth
Geology
Mountain typeCinder cone

Bunsen Peak el. 8,564 feet (2,610 m) is a prominent peak due south of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The peak lies on the east flank of Kingman Pass on the Mammoth to Norris section of the Grand Loop Road. The peak was first ascended by Ferdinand V. Hayden and Captain John W. Barlow in 1871, Bunsen Peak was not named until 1872 during the second Hayden Geologic Survey. E. S. Topping named the peak Observation Mountain in 1872 as well, but that name did not stick. The Bunsen Peak Trail with its trailhead just south of Mammoth is a steep 2.1 miles (3.4 km) to the summit. Bunsen Peak was named for the German chemist Robert Bunsen, the inventor of the Bunsen Burner and responsible for early work on volcanic geyser theories.

Images of Bunsen Peak
  • Bunsen Peak namesake, Robert Bunsen Bunsen Peak namesake, Robert Bunsen
  • Bunsen Peak from Swan Lake Flats, 1922 Bunsen Peak from Swan Lake Flats, 1922
  • Bunsen Peak from Mammoth Tower Road, 2009 Bunsen Peak from Mammoth Tower Road, 2009
  • Bunsen Peak from Blacktail Deer Plateau, 2009 Bunsen Peak from Blacktail Deer Plateau, 2009
  • From Wraith Falls trail, 2010 From Wraith Falls trail, 2010

See also

Notes

  1. "More Mammoth Hot Springs Area Highlights - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  2. ^ "Bunsen Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
  3. "Bunsen Peak Trail, Yellowstone National Park". The American Southwest. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  4. Whittlesey, Lee (1988). Yellowstone Place Names. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 30. ISBN 0-917298-15-2.
  5. Schneider, Bill (2003). Hiking Yellowstone National Park. Guilford, CT: Falcon Press. pp. 75–76. ISBN 0-7627-2539-7.
  6. Schullery, Paul (1984). Mountain Time. New York: Nick Lyons Books. pp. 6–7. ISBN 0-8052-3932-4.
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