Mount Delano

Mount Delano
Mount Delano
	West aspect
Highest point
Elevation	10,159 ft (3,096 m)
Prominence	664 ft (202 m)
Parent peak	Mount McKnight (10,310 ft)
Isolation	1.99 mi (3.20 km)
Coordinates	45°31′25″N110°28′17″W / 45.5234814°N 110.4712797°W
Naming
Etymology	Columbus Delano
Geography
	Mount Delano Location in Montana Mount Delano Mount Delano (the United States)
Country	United States
State	Montana
County	Park
Protected area	Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
Parent range	Absaroka Range
Topo map	USGS Livingston Peak

Last updated August 07, 2024

Mount Delano is a 10,159-foot (3,096-metre) mountain summit in Park County, Montana, United States.

Description

Mount Delano is located nine miles (14 km) south-southeast of Livingston in the northern Absaroka Range, which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains.^[1] It is situated in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness on land managed by Gallatin National Forest, and can be seen from Highway 89 when travelling between Livingston and Yellowstone National Park. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into the north and south forks of Deep Creek which is a tributary of the Yellowstone River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3,000 feet (914 meters) above the South Fork in 0.9 miles (1.4 km); 4,000 feet (1,219 meters) above the North Fork in two miles (3.2 km); and 5,500 feet (1,676 meters) above the Yellowstone in five miles (8.0 km). The mountain's toponym, which honors Columbus Delano (1809–1896), has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names,^[3] and has been printed in publications since at least 1873.^[4] Delano served as President Ulysses S. Grant's Secretary of the Interior and he was instrumental in the establishment of America's first national park, Yellowstone.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Delano is located in a subarctic climate zone characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and mild summers.^[5] Winter temperatures can drop below 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F.

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References

1 2 3 4 "Mount Delano, Montana". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
1 2 "Delano, Mount - 10,138' MT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
1 2 "Mount Delano". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-07-04.
↑ Henry Gannett, Lists of Elevations in that Portion of the United States West of the Mississippi River, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1873, p. 35.
↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification" (PDF). 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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[pb-1] 1 2 3 4 "Mount Delano, Montana". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-07-04.

[listsofjohn-2] 1 2 "Delano, Mount - 10,138' MT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-07-04.

[gnis-3] 1 2 "Mount Delano". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-07-04.

[4] Henry Gannett, Lists of Elevations in that Portion of the United States West of the Mississippi River, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1873, p. 35.

[Peel-5] Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification" (PDF). 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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