Mount Cumulus

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Coordinates: 40°24′37″N 105°54′08″W / 40.4103367°N 105.9022687°W / 40.4103367; -105.9022687
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Mount Cumulus
East aspect
Highest point
Elevation12,729 ft (3,880 m)[1]
Prominence400 ft (122 m)[1]
Parent peakHoward Mountain (12,826 ft)[1]
Isolation0.97 mi (1.56 km)[1]
Coordinates40°24′37″N 105°54′08″W / 40.4103367°N 105.9022687°W / 40.4103367; -105.9022687[2]
Naming
EtymologyCumulus cloud
Geography
Mount Cumulus is located in Colorado
Mount Cumulus
Mount Cumulus
Location in Colorado
Mount Cumulus is located in the United States
Mount Cumulus
Mount Cumulus
Mount Cumulus (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State
class 2[4]

Mount Cumulus is a 12,729-foot-elevation (3,880-meter) mountain summit in Colorado, United States.

Description

Mount Cumulus is situated on the

Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3,700 feet (1,100 meters) above the Kawuneeche Valley
in three miles (4.8 km) and over 2,300 feet (700 meters) above the South Fork Michigan River in one mile (1.6 km).

Mt. Cumulus, with cumulus clouds
Mt. Cumulus (left), Howard Mountain (right)

Etymology

The mountain's toponym was applied in 1914 by James Grafton Rogers,[7] and was officially adopted in 1932 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[2] Rogers also named Mount Cirrus and Mount Nimbus, with the three names referring to different types of common clouds. As President of the Colorado Geographic Society, Chairman of the Colorado Geographic Board, and President of the American Alpine Club, Rogers participated in naming many of Colorado's mountains.[8]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Cumulus is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[9] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Cumulus, Mount - 12,729' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Cumulus". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  3. ^ a b Geologic map of the Mount Richthofen quadrangle and the western part of the Fall River Pass quadrangle, Grand and Jackson Counties, Colorado, J.M. O'Neill, U.S. Geological Survey, 1981.
  4. ISBN 9781565795501
    , p. 339.
  5. ^ "Mount Cumulus, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  6. ^ "Mount Cumulus, Peakvisor.com". Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  7. ISBN 9781555663339
    , p. 38.
  8. ^ Stephen H. Hart (1972), James Grafton Rogers, 1883–1971, Americanalpineclub.org
  9. ISSN 1027-5606
    .

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