Mount Stratus
Mount Stratus | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 12,534 ft (3,820 m)[1] |
Prominence | 139 ft (42 m)[1] |
Parent peak | Mount Nimbus (12,721 ft)[1] |
Isolation | 0.44 mi (0.71 km)[1] |
Coordinates | 40°23′25″N 105°54′13″W / 40.3902062°N 105.9035290°W[2] |
Naming | |
Etymology | Stratus cloud |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | class 2 West slope or North ridge[5] |
Mount Stratus is a 12,534-foot-elevation (3,820-meter) mountain summit in Grand County, Colorado, United States.
Description
Mount Stratus is the ninth-highest peak of the
Etymology
The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[2][8] In 1914, James Grafton Rogers named Mount Cirrus, Mount Nimbus, and Mount Cumulus for different types of common clouds, but he did not name Mt. Stratus, it was added later.[9]
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Nimbus is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[10] 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
Gallery
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Baker Mountain (left), Mount Stratus (center), Green Knoll (right)
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Mt. Stratus (left), Mt. Nimbus, and Mt. Cumulus (right)
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Never Summer Mountains viewed from Trail Ridge Road. Left to rightːMt. Stratus, Mt. Nimbus, Mt. Cumulus (centered), Howard Mountain, Mt. Cirrus
References
- ^ a b c d "Stratus, Mount - 12,534' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ a b "Mount Stratus". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ "Mount Stratus, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ISBN 9781565795501, p. 343.
- ^ "Mount Stratus, Peakvisor.com". Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ISBN 9780899977553, p. 230.
- ^ Decisions of the United States Geographic Board No. 27, (June 30, 1932), US Government Printing Office, p. 6.
- ISBN 9780899977126, p. 82.
- ISSN 1027-5606.
External links
- Weather forecast: Mount Stratus