Kumiva Peak

Kumiva Peak
Kumiva Peak centered. Purgatory Peak and Mount Limbo (right). South-southwest aspect from Highway 447
Highest point
Elevation	8,238 ft (2,511 m)[1][2]
Prominence	3,660 ft (1,116 m)[3]
Parent peak	King Lear Peak (8,842 ft)[1]
Isolation	27.27 mi (43.89 km)[1]
Coordinates	40°24′23″N 119°15′49″W[4]
Geography
Kumiva Peak Location in Nevada Show map of Nevada Kumiva Peak Kumiva Peak (the United States) Show map of the United States
Country	United States of America
State	Nevada
County	Pershing
Parent range	Selenite Range Great Basin Ranges
Topo map	USGS Kumiva Peak
Geology
Mountain type	Fault block
Climbing
Easiest route	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 Selenite Range which is a subset of the Great Basin Ranges.[5] This peak is set in the Mount Limbo Wilderness Study Area which is administered by the Bureau of Land Management.[1] It is situated four miles (6.4 km) north of Purgatory Peak, six miles (9.7 km) south of Luxor Peak, and 13 miles (21 km) south-southeast of the town of Empire. Topographic relief is significant as the west slope rises over 3,200 feet (980 meters) above Poito Valley in two miles (3.2 km), and the east aspect rises 3,050 feet (930 meters) above Kumiva Valley in 1.5 miles (2.4 km). This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by 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 Great Basin Desert which has hot summers and cold winters.[7] The desert is an example of a cold desert climate as the desert's elevation makes temperatures cooler than lower elevation deserts. Due to the high elevation and aridity, temperatures 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

• List of mountain peaks of Nevada
• Great Basin
• Mountains portal

References

1. "Kumiva Peak - 8,238' NV". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
2. Reference World Atlas (2013), DK Publishing, ISBN 9781465421180, p. 35
3. "Kumiva Peak, Nevada". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
4. "Kumiva Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
5. George Wuerthner (1992), Nevada Mountain Ranges, American & World Geographic Pub., ISBN 9781560370147, p. 47
6. Arnold Hague, Samuel Franklin Emmons (1877), Descriptive Geology, U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 804
7. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.

External links

• Weather forecast: Kumiva Peak
• National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet