Mount Tuscarora (Utah)

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Mount Tuscarora
East aspect above Lake Martha
Highest point
Elevation10,646 ft (3,245 m)[1]
Prominence85 ft (26 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Wolverine[2]
Isolation0.25 mi (0.40 km)[2]
Coordinates40°35′03″N 111°35′56″W / 40.5841120°N 111.5987985°W / 40.5841120; -111.5987985[3]
Naming
EtymologyTuscarora
Geography
Mount Tuscarora is located in Utah
Mount Tuscarora
Mount Tuscarora
Location in Utah
Mount Tuscarora is located in the United States
Mount Tuscarora
Mount Tuscarora
Mount Tuscarora (the United States)
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
CountySalt Lake
Parent rangeWasatch Range[4]
Rocky Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Brighton
Geology
Rock age33 Ma[5]
Rock typeIgneous intrusive rock[5]
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 2 hiking[2]

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

Description

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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

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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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  • View from Sunset Peak with Mount Wolverine (left), Mount Tuscarora (center), and Mount Millicent (right).
    View from Sunset Peak with Mount Wolverine (left), Mount Tuscarora (center), and Mount Millicent (right).
  • Mount Tuscarora (left) and Mount Millicent (right) from Lake Mary
    Mount Tuscarora (left) and Mount Millicent (right) from Lake Mary

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mount Tuscarora, Peakvisor.com". Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  2. ^ a b c "Tuscarora, Mount - 10,660' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Tuscarora". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Tuscarora, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  5. ^ a b 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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