Yellowstone National Park
first national park in the world, located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho in the United States
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Summary
Yellowstone National Park is a National Park of the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of national park of the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,192 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Man and the Biosphere Programme[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Wyoming[4], Idaho[5], Montana[6]
- Country: United States[7]
- Instance of: biosphere reserve[8], national park[9], unincorporated community[10]
- Operator: National Park Service[11]
- Named after: Yellowstone River[12]
- Part of the series: list of World Heritage in Danger[13]
- Postal code: 82190[14]
- Part of: Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem[15]
- Commons category: Yellowstone National Park[16]
- Has part(s): Yellowstone Lake[17], Yellowstone volcano[18]
- Inception: March 1, 1872[19]
- Highest point: Eagle Peak[20]
- Distributed by: Google Play[21]
- Authority: National Park Service[22]
- IUCN protected areas category: IUCN category II: National Park[23]
- Has cause: Proclamation 303[24]
- Official website: http://nps.gov/yell[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Yellowstone National Park[26]
- Commons gallery: Yellowstone National Park[27]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Yellowstone National Park[28]
- Visitors per year: 4,097,710[29], 3,640,185[30], 4,257,177[31], 2,870,295[32], 19,575[33], 79,777[34], 227,901[35], 526,437[36], 1,110,524[37], 1,443,300[38], 2,297,300[39], 2,000,269[40], 2,823,572[41], 2,838,233[42]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[43], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[44], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[45], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[46], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[47], The New Student's Reference Work[48], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[49]
- Heritage designation: World Heritage Site[50]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Yellowstone National Park include Park County[51], a county of Montana[52], in United States[53], founded in 1887[54].
Why It Matters
Yellowstone National Park has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
Entities named for it include Park County[51], a county of Montana[52], in United States[53], founded in 1887[54].