Mount Belknap (Utah)

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Mount Belknap
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South aspect
Highest point
Elevation 12,143 ft (3,701 m) [1]
Prominence 1,192 ft (363 m) [1]
Parent peak Delano Peak [1]
Isolation 4.12 mi (6.63 km) [1]
Coordinates 38°25′09″N112°24′45″W / 38.4192011°N 112.4125695°W / 38.4192011; -112.4125695 [2]
Naming
Etymology William W. Belknap
Geography
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Mount Belknap
Location in Utah
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Mount Belknap
Mount Belknap (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State Utah
County Beaver / Piute
Protected area Fishlake National Forest
Parent range Tushar Mountains [3]
Topo map USGS Mount Belknap
Geology
Age of rock Miocene
Mountain type Volcanic field
Type of rock Rhyolite (volcanic rock) [4]
Volcanic arc/belt Marysvale volcanic field
Climbing
Easiest route class 1+ hiking [1]

Mount Belknap is a 12,143-foot-elevation (3,701-meter) mountain summit in the Tushar Mountains of Utah, United States.

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Description

Mount Belknap is set in the Fishlake National Forest on the boundary that Beaver County shares with Piute County. [2] It ranks as the second-highest peak in the Tushar Mountains, [3] second-highest in each county and 73rd-highest in the state. [1] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into the Sevier River watershed via Blue Lake Creek, Fish Creek, and Beaver Creek. [3] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 2,700 feet (823 meters) above Fish Creek in one mile (1.6 km). Mount Belknap is named after William Worth Belknap (1829–1890), the United States Secretary of War who served under President Ulysses S. Grant. [5] This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. [2]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Belknap is located in a dry summer subarctic climate zone (Köppen Dsc) with cold snowy winters and mild summers. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Belknap, Mount - 12,143' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mount Belknap". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mount Belknap, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  4. ↑ Charles G. Cunningham, Mount Belknap and Red Hills Calderas and Associated Rocks, Marysvale Volcanic Field, West-central Utah, US Geological Survey, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979, p. 18.
  5. ↑ Henry Gannett, The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1902, p. 39.
  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): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . ISSN   1027-5606. S2CID   9654551.
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