Mount Moriah (Nevada)

Mount Moriah

Mount Moriah, looking southwest from The Table.
Elevation 12,072 ft (3,680 m) [1]
Prominence 4,910 ft (1,497 m) [2]
Listing Nevada's 5th highest [3]
Location
Mount Moriah
White Pine County, Nevada, USA
Range Snake Range
Coordinates [1]
Topo map USGS Mount Moriah

Mount Moriah is an east-central Nevada summit situated in the northern Snake Range. U.S. Highway 6 and Highway 50 traverse the Sacramento Pass which divides the northern and southern parts of the range. To the south of the pass is Great Basin National Park and Wheeler Peak. The mountain is about 37 miles (60 km) east of Ely, the nearest town. It rises over 6,000 vertical feet above the Snake Valley on its east flank and the Spring Valley its west.[4] Immediately to the north is a large flat sub-alpine area called The Table,[5] which supports an ancient stand of Bristlecone Pine.[4] The peak is the highest point in the Humboldt National Forest and the Mount Moriah Wilderness.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "MtMoriah". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=KP0314. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 
  2. ^ a b "Mount Moriah,Nevada". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=3568. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 
  3. ^ "Nevada 11,000-foot Peaks". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=21324. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 
  4. ^ a b "Ely-Wilderness-Mount Moriah". United States Forest Service. http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gjAwhwtDDw9_AI8zPyhQoY6BdkOyoCAGixyPg!/?navtype=BROWSEBYSUBJECT&cid=fsm9_027000&navid=091000000000000&pnavid=null&ss=110417&position=Not%20Yet%20Determined.Html&ttype=detail&pname=Humboldt-Toiyabe%20National%20Forest%20-%20Home. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 
  5. ^ "The Table" (map). Gmap4. http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php?ll=39.288833,-114.188608&t=t2&z=13&label=no&coord=latlng&symbol=ch. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 

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