Jenkins Peak

Jenkins Peak is a 7,268-foot elevation (2,215 m) mountain summit located in Tooele County, Utah, United States.

Jenkins Peak
South aspect, from Bonneville Salt Flats
Highest point
Elevation7,268 ft (2,215 m)[1]
Prominence628 ft (191 m)[2]
Parent peakCampbell Peak (7,272 ft)[3]
Isolation2.28 mi (3.67 km)[3]
Coordinates40°54′23″N 113°49′37″W[2]
Naming
EtymologyAb Jenkins
Geography
Jenkins Peak is located in Utah
Jenkins Peak
Jenkins Peak
Location in Utah
Jenkins Peak is located in the United States
Jenkins Peak
Jenkins Peak
Jenkins Peak (the United States)
LocationGreat Salt Lake Desert
CountryUnited States of America
StateUtah
CountyTooele
Parent rangeSilver Island Mountains
Great Basin Ranges
Topo mapUSGS Graham Peak
Geology
Age of rockCambrian
Mountain typeFault block
Type of rockLimestone

Description

Jenkins Peak is the third-highest summit in the Silver Island Mountains which are a subset of the Great Basin Ranges.[2] It is set on land controlled by the Bureau of Land Management. The community of Wendover, Utah, is 17 miles to the southwest and the Bonneville Speedway is eight miles to the south. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 3,000 feet (910 meters) above the Bonneville Salt Flats in two miles. This landform's toponym was officially adopted in 1960 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor David Abbott "Ab" Jenkins (1883–1956), a professional race car driver who was interested in land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats.[4][5][6] He was instrumental in establishing Bonneville as a location for such events, and was elected Mayor of Salt Lake City in 1940.

Climate

Jenkins Peak is set in the Great Salt Lake 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.

  • Ab Jenkins
    Ab Jenkins
  • Jenkins Peak (left) below cloud
    Jenkins Peak (left) below cloud
  • Jenkins Peak on the left, Graham Peak at center, and Cobb Peak to the right.
    Jenkins Peak on the left, Graham Peak at center, and Cobb Peak to the right.

See also

References
  1. United States Geological Survey topographical map - Graham Peak
  2. "Jenkins Peak, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  3. "Jenkins Peak - 7,268' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  4. "Jenkins Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  5. Madeleine Osberger, Steve Cohen (1996), Adventure Guide to Utah, Hunter Pub., ISBN 9781556507267, p. 47
  6. United States Board on Geographic Names (1960), Decisions on Names in the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Decision List 6001, Department of the Interior, p. 51
  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.
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