Mount Schurz

Mount Schurz
1977
Highest point
Elevation	11,007 ft (3,355 m)
Coordinates	44°20′33″N 110°04′19″W
Naming
Pronunciation	/ˈʃɜːrts/
Geography
Mount Schurz Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming, US
Parent range	Absaroka Range
Topo map	Eagle Peak

Mount Schurz el. 11,007 feet (3,355 m) is a mountain peak in the Absaroka Range in Yellowstone National Park. Mount Schurz is the second highest peak in Yellowstone. The mountain was originally named Mount Doane by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition in 1871. Later the name Mount Doane was given to another peak in the Absaroka Range by geologist Arnold Hague. In 1885, Hague named the mountain for the 13th U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Carl Schurz (1877–1881). Schurz was the first Secretary of the Interior to visit Yellowstone and a strong supporter of the national park movement.

Carl Schurz, namesake of Mount Schurz

See also

• Mountains and mountain ranges of Yellowstone National Park

Mount Humphreys (left) and Mt. Schurz (right) viewed from the northeast