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

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

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[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.

Mountains of South Dakota
Black Hills	Bear Butte Bear Mountain Black Elk Peak Cicero Peak Elk Mountains Iron Mountain Odakota Mountain Mount Rushmore Terry Peak
Others	Black Horse Butte Castle Rock Butte Deers Ears Butte Dogie Butte Eagle Butte Granite Peak Grindstone Butte Hump Butte Polo Peak Turtle Butte White Butte