Hump Butte

Hump Butte is a summit in South Dakota, in the United States.[1] With an elevation of 2,431 feet (741 m), Hump Butte is the 453rd highest summit in the state of South Dakota.[2]

Hump Butte was so named on account of its outline being in the shape of buffalo's hump.[3]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hump Butte
  2. "Hump Butte". Peakery.com. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  3. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 37.

45°53′01″N 101°26′43″W


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