| Mount Limbo | |
|---|---|
 Mount Limbo (near center), Purgatory Peak (left) Southwest aspect from Highway 447 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,312 ft (2,229 m)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 252 ft (77 m)[3] |
| Parent peak | Purgatory Peak (7,417 ft)[4] |
| Isolation | 0.61 mi (0.98 km)[4] |
| Coordinates | 40°20′23″N 119°16′54″W / 40.3396259°N 119.2815694°W[5] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Limbo Location in Nevada  Mount Limbo Mount Limbo (the United States) | |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Pershing |
| Parent range | Selenite Range Great Basin Ranges |
| Topo map | USGS Purgatory Peak |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Cretaceous[6] |
| Mountain type | Fault block[6] |
| Type of rock | Granodiorite[6] |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | class 3 scrambling[4] |
Mount Limbo is a 7,312-foot elevation (2,229 m) summit located in Pershing County, Nevada, United States.[2]
Description
Mount Limbo is the fourth-highest peak of the Selenite Range which is a subset of the Great Basin Ranges.[3] This peak is set in the Mount Limbo Wilderness Study Area which is owned by the Bureau of Land Management.[4] It is situated 0.6 miles (0.97 km) south of line parent Purgatory Peak, 44 miles (71 km) west-northwest of the town of Lovelock, and north of Winnemucca Lake. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3,100 feet (940 meters) above Poito Valley in approximately one mile (1.6 km). This landform's toponym was officially adopted in 1965 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[2]
Climate
Mount Limbo is set in the Great Basin Desert which has hot summers and cold winters.[7] The desert is an example of a cold desert climate as the desert's elevation makes temperatures cooler than lower elevation deserts. Due to the high elevation and aridity, temperatures drop sharply after sunset. Summer nights are comfortably cool. Winter highs are generally above freezing, and winter nights are bitterly cold, with temperatures often dropping well below freezing.
See also
References
- ^ United States Geological Survey topographical map - Purgatory Peak
- ^ a b c United States Board on Geographic Names (1965), Decisions on Names in the United States, Decision List 6503, Department of the Interior, p. 31
- ^ a b "Mount Limbo, Nevada". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
- ^ a b c d "Limbo, Mount - 7,312' NV". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
- ^ "Mount Limbo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
- ^ a b c William J. Keith, Robert L. Turner, Donald Plouff, Mineral Resources of the Mount Limbo Wilderness Study Area, Pershing County, Nevada, USGS Bulletin 1726-A, U.S. Government Printing Office, (1986), p. A7
- ^ 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.
External links
- Weather forecast: Mount Limbo
This page was last edited on 4 January 2023, at 22:15