Chittenden Peak is a summit in

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. With an elevation of , Chittenden Peak is the 649th highest summit in the state of California. Chittenden Peak was named for

Hiram M. Chittenden Hiram Martin Chittenden (October 25, 1858 – October 9, 1917) was an American engineer and historian. A graduate of West Point, he was the Seattle district engineer for the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers fro ...

, an engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers.

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