Warren Peak (California)

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Warren Peak
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North aspect
Highest point
Elevation 9,710 ft (2,960 m) [1]
Prominence 1,110 ft (338 m) [2]
Parent peak Peak 9795 [3]
Isolation 5.82 mi (9.37 km) [3]
Coordinates 41°22′43″N120°13′13″W / 41.3785649°N 120.2202103°W / 41.3785649; -120.2202103 [4]
Naming
Etymology Gouverneur K. Warren
Geography
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Warren Peak
Location in California
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Warren Peak
Warren Peak (the United States)
Location South Warner Wilderness
Country United States of America
State California
County Modoc
Parent range Warner Mountains
The Great Basin Ranges
Topo map USGS Warren Peak
Geology
Rock age Miocene [5]
Rock type(s) Andesite, Basalt [5]

Warren Peak is a 9,710-foot-elevation (2,960-meter) mountain summit located in Modoc County, California, United States. [4]

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Description

Warren Peak ranks as the third-highest summit in the Warner Mountains which are located in the northeast corner of California. [2] The summit is set within the South Warner Wilderness on land managed by Modoc National Forest. The remote peak is situated 20 miles east-southeast of Alturas, California, and four miles west of Surprise Valley. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 5,100 feet (1,600 meters) above the valley. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains west into Pine Creek which is a tributary of the South Fork Pit River, and east to Middle Alkali Lake via Owl Creek and Cottonwood Creek.

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Patterson Lake from summit

The Summit Trail traverses the east slope of the peak and provides an approach option. The trail also leads to the most popular destination in the wilderness, Patterson Lake, which lies directly below the summit in the north cirque. [6] Whitebark pine covers some of the peak's slopes which are composed of volcanic rock. [7]

The landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names and the name has appeared in publications since at least 1884. [4] [8] [9] The mountain has also been known as "Warren's Peak" and Buck Mountain.

See also

References

  1. ↑ United States Geological Survey topographical map - Warren Peak
  2. 1 2 "Warren Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Warren Peak - 9,710' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 "Warren Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  5. 1 2 Dr. Anne E. Egger (2010), Geologic map of the Warner Range and surrounding region
  6. ↑ Tom Stienstra, Ann Marie Brown (2020), Moon Northern California Hiking, Avalon Publishing, ISBN   9781640499027
  7. ↑ William N. Orr, Elizabeth L. Orr (2018), Geology of the Pacific Northwest, Third Edition, Waveland Press, ISBN   9781478638834, p. 145
  8. ↑ George Montague Wheeler (1885), Tables of Geographic Positions, Azimuths, and Distances, U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 76
  9. ↑ Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, (1884), U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 177
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