Adelaide Peak Explained

Adelaide Peak
Elevation Ft:2279
Prominence Ft:207
Map:California
Map Width:200
Label Position:left
Location:Riverside County, California, U.S.
Coordinates:33.6233°N -117.2019°W
Topo:USGS Murrieta, CA
Type:Granitic
Age:Cretaceous

Adelaide Peak is an unofficially named mountain peak in the southern part of the Temescal Mountains. It lies at an elevation of 2279feet.[1] [2] It is composed of Cretaceous granitic rocks of the Peninsular Ranges Batholith.[3]

Adelaide Peak is drained on its southern slopes by an officially unnamed tributary arroyo of Murrieta Creek, tributary of the Santa Margarita River. It is drained on its northern slopes by an officially unnamed tributary arroyo of Salt Creek, itself a tributary of the San Jacinto River.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=37603 Adelaide Peak, California
  2. http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=33.623056,-117.201944&z=15&t=T&marker0=33.623056,-117.20194 Adelaide Peak
  3. M.P. Kennedy and D.M. Morton, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE U.S. Geological Survey Murrieta 7.5' quadrangle, 1979, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Version 1.0, USGS, Prepared in cooperation with the CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2003.