Mount Vaught

Mount Vaught
Mount Vaught centered, Stanton Mountain to left
Highest point
Elevation8,854 ft (2,699 m)[1]
Prominence1,170 ft (360 m)[1]
Coordinates48°40′51″N 113°52′26″W / 48.68083°N 113.87389°W / 48.68083; -113.87389[2]
Naming
EtymologyLawrence O. Vaught
Geography
Mount Vaught is located in Montana
Mount Vaught
Mount Vaught
Location in Montana
Mount Vaught is located in the United States
Mount Vaught
Mount Vaught
Location in the United States
LocationFlathead County, Montana, U.S.
Parent rangeLivingston Range
Topo map(s)USGS Mount Cannon, MT
Climbing
Easiest routeScramble

Mount Vaught (8,854 feet (2,699 m)) is located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.[3] Mount Vaught is just over 2 miles (3.2 km) SSW of Heavens Peak. The mountain is named for Lawrence O. Vaught, a lawyer from Jacksonville, Illinois, who spent many of his summers in Glacier Park and corresponded with George Bird Grinnell, who named many of the features in the park.[4]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, the peak is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Mount Vaught, Montana". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "Mount Vaught". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  3. ^ Mount Cannon, MT (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  4. ^ Through The Years In Glacier National Park An Administrative History, NPS.gov
  5. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.


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