Earth:Ute Mountain (New Mexico)

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Ute Mountain
Río Grande del Norte NM (9421989961).jpg
South aspect
Highest point
Elevation10,093 ft (3,076 m) [1][2]
Prominence2,483 ft (757 m) [3]
Isolation10.75 mi (17.30 km) [4]
ListingHighest major summits of the US
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 36°56′15″N 105°41′02″W / 36.9375203°N 105.6839005°W / 36.9375203; -105.6839005 [5]
Naming
EtymologyUte[6]
Geography
Ute Mountain is located in New Mexico
Ute Mountain
Ute Mountain
Location in New Mexico
Ute Mountain is located in the United States
Ute Mountain
Ute Mountain
Ute Mountain (the United States)
LocationRio Grande del Norte National Monument
CountryUnited States of America
StateNew Mexico
CountyTaos
Parent rangeSangre de Cristo Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Ute Mountain
Geology
Age of rock3.9 Million years[7]
Mountain typevolcanic cone
Type of rockDacite[7]
Volcanic arcTaos Plateau volcanic field
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 2 hiking[4]

Ute Mountain is a 10,093-foot elevation (3,076 m) summit located in Taos County, New Mexico, United States.

Description

Ute Mountain is part of the Taos Mountains which are a subset of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.[3] The isolated landmark is the highest point of the Cerro del Yuta Wilderness and Rio Grande del Norte National Monument which is administered by the Bureau of Land Management.[4] The remote mountain is situated 35 miles north of the town of Taos and four miles south of the New Mexico–Colorado border. Ute Mountain is a free-standing, dacitic, extinct Pliocene volcanic cone set within the Taos Plateau volcanic field.[8] Ute Mountain has a base diameter of five miles and topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,500 feet (760 meters) above the surrounding sagebrush-covered basalt plains.[2] The slopes of the mountain are covered with stands of pinyon pine, ponderosa pine, aspen and Douglas fir.[9] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains to the Rio Grande which flows through a gorge along the western base of the mountain.

Etymology

The mountain is also known in Spanish as "Cerro del Yuta" (Mountain of the Ute).[10] The origin of the word Ute is unknown; it is first attested as Yuta in Spanish documents. The mountain is named after the Ute people whose self-designation is Núuchi-u, meaning 'the people'.[11] The state of Utah is also named after the Ute people. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names,[5] and has appeared in publications since at least 1875.[12]

Gallery

  • Ute Mountain and Rio Grande

See also

  • List of mountain peaks of New Mexico
  • Rio Grande rift

References

  1. ↑ United States Geological Survey topographical map - Ute Mountain
  2. ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Robert Julyan (2006), The Mountains of New Mexico, University of New Mexico Press, ISBN:9780826335166, p. 66
  3. ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 "Ute Mountain, New Mexico". http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5929. 
  4. ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Ute Mountain - 10,093' NM". https://listsofjohn.com/peak/11707. 
  5. ↑ Jump up to: 5.0 5.1 "Ute Mountain". United States Geological Survey. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:897504. 
  6. ↑ Robert Julyan (1996), The Place Names of New Mexico, University of New Mexico Press, ISBN:9780826351142, p. 367
  7. ↑ Jump up to: 7.0 7.1 Matthew L. Morgan, Stephen M. Keller, (2016), Unfolding the Geology of the West, Geological Society of America, p. 312
  8. ↑ Lawrence H. Tanner, Sonia Calvari (2012), Volcanoes: Windows on the Earth, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, ISBN:9780615663500, p. 161
  9. ↑ Mark D. Williams, Amy Becker Williams (2018), 50 Things to See and Do in Northern New Mexico's Enchanted Circle, West Margin Press, ISBN:9781513261287
  10. ↑ Federal Register, Volume 78, Issue 60, (2013), p. 18784
  11. ↑ Givón, Talmy (January 1, 2011). Ute Reference Grammar. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 1–3. ISBN 978-90-272-0284-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=dckjvixbp9EC&pg=PA1. 
  12. ↑ George M. Wheeler (1875), Annual Report Upon the Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, Washington: Government Printing Office, p. 100

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