Mount Chauvenet

Mount Chauvenet
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Highest point
Elevation	12,255 ft (3,735 m)[1]
Prominence	730 ft (220 m)[1]
Coordinates	42°50′27″N 109°09′30″W / 42.84083°N 109.15833°W / 42.84083; -109.15833[2]
Geography
Location	Fremont County, Wyoming, U.S.
Parent range	Wind River Range
Topo map	USGS Lizard Head Peak
Climbing
First ascent	1832 (Benjamin Bonneville)

Mount Chauvenet is a (12,255-foot (3,735 m)) mountain located in the southern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming.^[3] Mount Chauvenet is 1.5 mi (2.4 km) northeast of Cathedral Peak in the Popo Agie Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest. Mount Chauvenet was one of the earliest peaks climbed by white explorers to the Wind River Range.