Buffalo Hump (Idaho)

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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]

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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.

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