Sunset Peak (Park County, Montana)

Sunset Peak
Sunset Peak
	East aspect
Highest point
Elevation	10,201 ft (3,109 m)
Prominence	160 ft (49 m)
Parent peak	Meridian Peak
Isolation	0.70 mi (1.13 km)
Coordinates	45°02′43″N110°00′01″W / 45.0454087°N 110.0003064°W
Geography
	Sunset Peak Location in Montana Sunset Peak Sunset Peak (the United States)
Country	United States
State	Montana
County	Park
Protected area	Yellowstone National Park
Parent range	Absaroka Range ; Rocky Mountains
Topo map	USGS Cutoff Mountain
Geology
Rock age	Tertiary
Rock type	Volcanic rock, Rhyolite

Last updated December 08, 2024

Sunset Peak is a 10,201-foot (3,109-metre) summit in Park County, Montana, United States.

Description

Sunset Peak is located 3.75 miles (6.04 km) northwest of Cooke City, Montana, in the Absaroka Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. It is set in the northeast corner of Yellowstone National Park on the common boundary shared by the park and Custer-Gallatin National Forest.^[2] Precipitation runoff from the mountain's north slope drains into headwaters of the Stillwater River, whereas the southwest slope drains into Pebble Creek and the southeast slope drains into headwaters of Sheep Creek which are both part of the Lamar River watershed. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,600 feet (488 meters) above each of the three streams in one mile (1.6 km). The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names,^[1] and has been featured in publications since at least 1901.^[5]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Sunset Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone characterized by long, usually very cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.^[6] Winter temperatures can drop below 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F.

Gallery

East aspect of Sunset Peak (left) and Wolverine Peak (right)
L→R Sunset Peak, Wolverine Peak, Wolverine Pass, Mount Abundance.
East aspect of Sunset Peak (left) and Wolverine Peak (right)

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References

1 2 3 "Sunset Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-08-13.
1 2 3 4 "Sunset Peak - 10,220' MT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
↑ Montana's 300 Tallest Peaks, Montana State Library, Montana.gov, Retrieved 2024-08-13.
↑ Atlas of Yellowstone: Second Edition, W. Andrew Marcus, University of California Press, 2022, ISBN 9780520976924, p. 129.
1 2 Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey. No. 177, U.S. Geological Survey, 1901, US Government Printing Office, p. 656.
↑ 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.

External links

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[gnis-1] 1 2 3 "Sunset Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-08-13.

[listsofjohn-2] 1 2 3 4 "Sunset Peak - 10,220' MT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-08-12.

[3] Montana's 300 Tallest Peaks, Montana State Library, Montana.gov, Retrieved 2024-08-13.

[4] Atlas of Yellowstone: Second Edition, W. Andrew Marcus, University of California Press, 2022, ISBN 9780520976924, p. 129.

[USGS-5] 1 2 Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey. No. 177, U.S. Geological Survey, 1901, US Government Printing Office, p. 656.

[Peel-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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