Kumiva Peak

Coordinates: 40°24′23″N 119°15′49″W / 40.4062920°N 119.2635142°W / 40.4062920; -119.2635142
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Kumiva Peak
Kumiva Peak centered.
Purgatory Peak and Mount Limbo (right).
South-southwest aspect from Highway 447
Highest point
Elevation8,238 ft (2,511 m)[1][2]
Prominence3,660 ft (1,116 m)[3]
Parent peakKing Lear Peak (8,842 ft)[1]
Isolation27.27 mi (43.89 km)[1]
Coordinates40°24′23″N 119°15′49″W / 40.4062920°N 119.2635142°W / 40.4062920; -119.2635142[4]
Geography
Kumiva Peak is located in Nevada
Kumiva Peak
Kumiva Peak
Location in Nevada
Kumiva Peak is located in the United States
Kumiva Peak
Kumiva Peak
Kumiva Peak (the United States)
Country
class 2 hiking[1]

Kumiva Peak is an 8,238-foot elevation (2,511 m) summit located in Pershing County, Nevada, United States.

Description

Kumiva Peak is the highest peak of the

U.S. Board on Geographic Names,[4] and has appeared in publications since at least 1877.[6]

Climate

Kumiva Peak is set within the

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

  1. ^ a b c d e "Kumiva Peak - 8,238' NV". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  2. , p. 35
  3. ^ "Kumiva Peak, Nevada". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  4. ^ a b "Kumiva Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  5. , p. 47
  6. ^ Arnold Hague, Samuel Franklin Emmons (1877), Descriptive Geology, U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 804
  7. ISSN 1027-5606
    .

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