Sunset Peak (Park County, Montana)

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Sunset Peak
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East aspect
Highest point
Elevation 10,201 ft (3,109 m) [1]
Prominence 160 ft (49 m) [2]
Parent peak Meridian Peak [2]
Isolation 0.70 mi (1.13 km) [2]
Coordinates 45°02′43″N110°00′01″W / 45.0454087°N 110.0003064°W / 45.0454087; -110.0003064 [1]
Geography
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Sunset Peak
Location in Montana
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Sunset Peak
Sunset Peak (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State Montana
County Park
Protected area Yellowstone National Park
Parent range Absaroka Range [3]
Rocky Mountains
Topo map USGS Cutoff Mountain
Geology
Rock age Tertiary [4]
Rock type(s) Volcanic rock, Rhyolite [5]

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

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sunset Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Sunset Peak - 10,220' MT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  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.
  5. 1 2 Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey. No. 177, U.S. Geological Survey, 1901, US Government Printing Office, p. 656.
  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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