Jump to content

Chinese Peak (Idaho)

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Renamed user 8j-Z%nKkVr (talk | contribs) at 23:10, 10 July 2017 (→References: Added ID Mountains navbox). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Chinese Peak is a summit in Bannock County, Idaho, in the United States. With an elevation of 6,791 feet (2,070 m), Chinese Peak is the 1069th highest summit in the state of Idaho.[1]

Formerly called Chinks Peak, the summit was named for a Chinese man who died near the summit in the 1890s.[2] Following controversy over the use of ethnic slur "chink", the name was officially changed by the Geographic Names Information System in 2001.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Chinese Peak". Peakery.com. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chinese Peak (Idaho)
  3. ^ "Offensive names the object of advocacy groups". Reading Eagle. October 9, 2001. pp. A15. Retrieved 29 April 2015.

Stub icon

This Idaho location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chinese_Peak_(Idaho)&oldid=789997869"