
Hasn't voted | what is the origin of the two names you used for this peak? (Aha! I figured it out - on the last page of the W Uinta guidebook :)
Caught me. Anyway, I usually name a peak after its nearest named feature such as "Fish Lake Peak", or "North Long Mountain".
I couldn't find a named feature on this peak that wasn't already taken. Smith and Morehouse Peak is a local name for another peak. Island Lake Peak (named for a different Island Lake) is already on one of my peak list for the Uintas, and nothing else fit, so I tagged the name of my wife to it for the book.
Apparently some of the Forest Service workers have a copy of my book, because I noticed the name appear on one of the Forest Service maps. I thought, oops, I shouldn't and wrote a letter. Don't know if it still on the maps as I moved soon after.
Anyway, I tagged the peak as Cone Peak for this page because of its appearance.
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