Penrose Peak (Wyoming)

Penrose Peak
Highest point
Elevation12,461 ft (3,798 m)[1]
Prominence400 ft (120 m)[1]
Coordinates44°24′54″N 108°08′40″W / 44.41500°N 108.14444°W / 44.41500; -108.14444[2]
Geography
LocationJohnson County, Wyoming, U.S.
Parent rangeBighorn Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Cloud Peak

Penrose Peak is a mountain in the Bighorn Mountains of the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming, United States. Like Mount Penrose in British Columbia, Canada, it was named for Senator Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania, who was an avid outdoorsman and went on hunting expeditions in this area.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Penrose Peak 2013-01-24". ListsOfJohn.com.
  2. ^ "Penrose Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
  3. ^ "Penrose Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
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