Buffalo Hump is a summit in the U.S. state of Idaho.[1]

Buffalo Hump was so named from the fact its outline resembled a buffalo's hump; the English name perhaps is a translation of the Native American name.[2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo Hump (Idaho)
  2. ↑ Rees, John E. (1918). Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography. W.B. Conkey Company. p. 61.

45°37′14″N 115°42′03″W / 45.62056°N 115.70083°W / 45.62056; -115.70083


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