Mount Everts
| Mount Everts | ||
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| height | 2391 m | |
| location | Wyoming , USA | |
| Mountains | Rocky mountains | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 58 ′ 31 ″ N , 110 ° 39 ′ 40 ″ W | |
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| rock | Sandstone, slate | |
The Mount Everts is a mountain within the Yellowstone National Park , just east of the town of Mammoth Hot Springs in the State of Wyoming , near the border with Montana . Its summit has a height of 2391 m . It is part of the Gallatin Range . Its waters drain into the Yellowstone River .
geology
Mount Everts was formed 70–140 million years ago by sedimented rock when the area was under an inland sea. The rock consists of sandstone and slate .
history
In 1870 the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition took place in what is now Yellowstone National Park. One of the participants, Truman Everts , got lost near Yellowstone Lake and wandered the area alone for 37 days. He made his way northwards with great hardship, where he was rescued completely exhausted. Henry Dana Washburn , the leader of the expedition, named Mount Everts after Truman Everts, believing that the mountain was very close to where Everts was saved. In fact, this was a mistake - Everts had been rescued much further south, on the Blacktail Plateau.
literature
- Truman Everts, Lee H. Whittlesey (eds.): Lost in the Yellowstone: Truman Everts's "Thirty-Seven Days of Peril" . University of Utah Press, 1995, ISBN 0-87480-481-7 .
Web links
- Mount Everts on Peakbagger.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b More Mammoth Hot Springs Area Highlights. Retrieved December 2, 2015 .
- ^ Everts / Whittlesey: Lost in the Yellowstone: Truman Everts's "Thirty-Seven Days of Peril" . 1995