Hurricane Mesa (Wyoming)

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Hurricane Mesa
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Hurricane Mesa centered on skyline
Highest point
Elevation 11,069 ft (3,374 m) [1] [2]
Prominence 819 ft (250 m) [1]
Parent peak Peak 11255 [2]
Isolation 2.65 mi (4.26 km) [2]
Coordinates 44°51′08″N109°48′30″W / 44.8522517°N 109.8083043°W / 44.8522517; -109.8083043 [3]
Dimensions
Length5 mi (8.0 km)East-West
Width3 mi (4.8 km)North-South
Geography
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Hurricane Mesa
Location in Wyoming
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Hurricane Mesa
Hurricane Mesa (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State Wyoming
County Park
Protected area North Absaroka Wilderness
Parent range Absaroka Range
Rocky Mountains
Topo map USGS Hurricane Mesa
Geology
Rock age Eocene [4]
Rock type Extrusive rock [4]

Hurricane Mesa is an 11,069-foot-elevation (3,374-meter) mountain summit in Park County, Wyoming, United States.

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Description

This remote mountain is located approximately six miles (9.7 km) east of Yellowstone National Park in the North Absaroka Wilderness, on land managed by Shoshone National Forest. It is part of the Absaroka Range which is a subrange of Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of Crandall Creek which is part of the Yellowstone River drainage basin. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises nearly 3,700 feet (1,128 meters) above North Fork Crandall Creek in 1.25 miles (2.01 km). The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names, [3] and has appeared in publications since at least 1925. [5]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Hurricane Mesa is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to mild summers. [6] Winter temperatures can drop below 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hurricane Mesa, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hurricane Mesa - 11,069' WY". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  3. 1 2 "Hurricane Mesa". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  4. 1 2 Volcanic Features of the Hurricane Mesa Area, Park County, Wyoming, Richard D. Krushensky, Abstracts for 1961, Geological Society of America, 1962, p. 214.
  5. ↑ Journal of Geology, Volume 33, University of Chicago Press, 1925, page 580.
  6. ↑ 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. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . ISSN   1027-5606. S2CID   9654551.
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