Flat Top Mountain (Montana)

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Flat Top Mountain
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South aspect
Highest point
Elevation 7,608 ft (2,319 m) [1]
Prominence 1,188 ft (362 m) [2]
Parent peak Elephant Peak (7,938 ft) [2] [3]
Isolation 4.34 mi (6.98 km) [2]
Coordinates 48°01′48″N115°35′56″W / 48.0299955°N 115.5989453°W / 48.0299955; -115.5989453 [4]
Geography
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Flat Top Mountain
Location in Montana
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Flat Top Mountain
Location in the United States
CountryUnited States
State Montana
County Sanders / Lincoln
Protected area Cabinet Mountains Wilderness
Parent range Cabinet Mountains
Topo map USGS Howard Lake

Flat Top Mountain is a 7,608-foot-elevation (2,319-meter) mountain summit located along the border shared by Lincoln and Sanders counties in Montana. [4]

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Description

Flat Top Mountain is located 9 miles (14 km) east-northeast of Noxon, Montana, in the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, on land managed by Kaniksu National Forest and Kootenai National Forest. [1] [2] It is set west of the Continental Divide in the Cabinet Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. [1] Flat Top Mountain ranks as the 10th-highest summit in the Cabinet Mountains, [1] and the 12th-highest in Sanders County. [2] Precipitation runoff from the mountain's east slope drains into Mill Creek which is part of the Fisher River watershed, whereas the other slopes drain into Rock and Swamp creeks which are tributaries of the Clark Fork River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,100 feet (640 m) above Ozette Lake in one-half mile (0.8 km) and 2,500 feet (760 m) above Wanless Lake in approximately one mile (1.6 km). The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. [4]

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Flat Top Mountain

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Flat Top Mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and cool to mild summers. [5] Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Flat Top Mountain, Montana". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Flat Top Mountain - 7,608' MT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  3. ↑ "Flat Top Mountain, Peakvisor.com" . Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  4. 1 2 3 "Flat Top Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  5. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . ISSN   1027-5606. S2CID   9654551.
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