Mount Tuscarora (Utah)

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Mount Tuscarora
Lake Martha, Mount Tuscarora.jpg
East aspect above Lake Martha
Highest point
Elevation 10,646 ft (3,245 m) [1]
Prominence 85 ft (26 m) [1]
Parent peak Mount Wolverine [2]
Isolation 0.25 mi (0.40 km) [2]
Coordinates 40°35′03″N111°35′56″W / 40.5841120°N 111.5987985°W / 40.5841120; -111.5987985 [3]
Naming
Etymology Tuscarora
Geography
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Mount Tuscarora
Location in Utah
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Mount Tuscarora
Mount Tuscarora (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State Utah
County Salt Lake
Parent range Wasatch Range [4]
Rocky Mountains
Topo map USGS Brighton
Geology
Age of rock 33 Ma [5]
Type of rock Igneous intrusive rock [5]
Climbing
Easiest route class 2 hiking [2]

Mount Tuscarora is a 10,646-foot-elevation (3,245-meter) summit in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.

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Description

Mount Tuscarora is located 20 miles (32 km) southeast of downtown Salt Lake City between the Alta Ski Area and the Brighton Ski Resort in the Wasatch–Cache National Forest. [4] The peak is set in the Wasatch Range which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's north slope drains into headwaters of Big Cottonwood Creek, whereas the south slope drains into headwaters of Little Cottonwood Creek. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,100 feet (335 meters) above Lake Mary in one-half mile (0.8 km). Mount Tuscarora is composed of granodiorite of the igneous Alta stock. [6] This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. [3] Tuscarora was the chief of the Tuscarora people on the East Coast, but why the name was applied to this peak is not apparent. [7]

Climate

Mount Tuscarora has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc), bordering on an Alpine climate (Köppen ET), with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. [8] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Tuscarora, Peakvisor.com" . Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  2. 1 2 3 "Tuscarora, Mount - 10,660' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Tuscarora". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  4. 1 2 "Mount Tuscarora, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  5. 1 2 William T. Parry, Geology of Utah's Mountains, Peaks, and Plateaus, 2016, FriesenPress, ISBN   9781460284131.
  6. ↑ Miriam H. Bugden, Geology and Scenery of the Central Wasatch Range, Salt Lake and Summit Counties, Utah, Utah Geological Survey, 1991, ISBN   9781557913425, p. 12
  7. ↑ Lynn Arave, Names tell plenty about peaks and places, Deseret News, August 2, 2001.
  8. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN   1027-5606.
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