Earth:Ute Mountain (New Mexico)
Ute Mountain | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 10,093 ft (3,076 m) [1][2] |
Prominence | 2,483 ft (757 m) [3] |
Isolation | 10.75 mi (17.30 km) [4] |
Listing | Highest major summits of the US |
Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 36°56′15″N 105°41′02″W / 36.9375203°N 105.6839005°W [5] |
Naming | |
Etymology | Ute[6] |
Geography | |
Location | Rio Grande del Norte National Monument |
Country | United States of America |
State | New Mexico |
County | Taos |
Parent range | Sangre de Cristo Mountains Rocky Mountains |
Topo map | USGS Ute Mountain |
Geology | |
Age of rock | 3.9 Million years[7] |
Mountain type | volcanic cone |
Type of rock | Dacite[7] |
Volcanic arc | Taos Plateau volcanic field |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | class 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]
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See also
- List of mountain peaks of New Mexico
- Rio Grande rift
References
- ↑ United States Geological Survey topographical map - Ute Mountain
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Robert Julyan (2006), The Mountains of New Mexico, University of New Mexico Press, ISBN:9780826335166, p. 66
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ute Mountain, New Mexico". http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5929.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Ute Mountain - 10,093' NM". https://listsofjohn.com/peak/11707.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Ute Mountain". United States Geological Survey. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:897504.
- ↑ Robert Julyan (1996), The Place Names of New Mexico, University of New Mexico Press, ISBN:9780826351142, p. 367
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Matthew L. Morgan, Stephen M. Keller, (2016), Unfolding the Geology of the West, Geological Society of America, p. 312
- ↑ Lawrence H. Tanner, Sonia Calvari (2012), Volcanoes: Windows on the Earth, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, ISBN:9780615663500, p. 161
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Federal Register, Volume 78, Issue 60, (2013), p. 18784
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ George M. Wheeler (1875), Annual Report Upon the Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, Washington: Government Printing Office, p. 100
External links
- Ute Mountain: weather forecast
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