Mount Northrop is a peak in the Sawtooth Mountains of northeastern

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over t ...

. Its elevation is above sea level, or about above Kekekabic Lake. It was named for

Cyrus Northrop Cyrus Northrop (September 30, 1834 – April 3, 1922) was an American university president. Early life Cyrus Northrop, Sr. was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale University in 1857 where he was a member of both Alpha Sigma Ph ...

, who was the president of the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...

from 1884 until 1911. Upham, Warren (2001) Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, Third Edition, p316; MHS Press;

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