Mount Fitzgerald (Nevada)

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Mount Fitzgerald
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Highest point
Elevation 11,220 ft (3,420 m) NAVD 88 [1]
Prominence 615 ft (187 m) [1]
Coordinates 40°36′20″N115°24′38″W / 40.6054829°N 115.4106096°W / 40.6054829; -115.4106096 [2]
Geography
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Mount Fitzgerald
Location in Nevada
Location Elko County, Nevada, U.S.
Parent range Ruby Mountains
Topo map USGS Ruby Dome
Climbing
Easiest route East Side from Snow Lake: Hike & Scramble

Mount Fitzgerald is the fourth-highest named mountain in the Ruby Mountains and the fifth-highest in Elko County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is the thirty-ninth-highest mountain in the state. [3] It rises from the heads of both Thomas and Right Fork Canyons (branches of Lamoille Canyon), and is also part of the north wall of Box Canyon, making it a true glacial horn. The summit is a high-level ridge and is located about 24 miles (39 km) southeast of the community of Elko, within the Ruby Mountains Wilderness of the Ruby Mountains Ranger District in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.

Mount Fitzgerald, Nevada, looking southwest. MtFitzgeraldNV.jpg
Mount Fitzgerald, Nevada, looking southwest.

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Fitzgerald, Nevada". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Mount Fitzgerald". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved November 21, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Nevada 11,000-foot Peaks". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 22, 2014.


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