Mount Lovenia Explained

Mount Lovenia
Elevation Ft:13219
Elevation Ref:[1] [2]
Prominence Ft:1459
Prominence Ref:[3]
Isolation Mi:11.59
Isolation Ref:[4]
Parent Peak:Henrys Fork Peak (13,260 ft)
Map:Utah#USA
Label Position:bottom
Map Size:240
Location:High Uintas Wilderness
Country:United States of America
State:Utah
Region:Duchesne / Summit
Region Type:County
Coordinates:40.7567°N -110.6071°W
Coordinates Ref:[5]
Range:Uinta Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Rock:Metasedimentary rock
Age:Neoproterozoic
Topo:USGS Mount Lovenia

Mount Lovenia is a 13219adj=midNaNadj=mid mountain summit located on the common border that Duchesne County shares with Summit County in the U.S. state of Utah.

Description

Mount Lovenia is set within the High Uintas Wilderness on land managed by Ashley National Forest. It is situated along the crest of the Uinta Mountains which are a subset of the Rocky Mountains, and it ranks as the 10th-highest summit in Utah, and 51st-highest in the United States if a 400-foot clean prominence cutoff is considered as criteria.[3] Topographic relief is significant as the west face rises 2000abbr=offNaNabbr=off in less than one-half mile and the north face rises 1800abbr=offNaNabbr=off in one-half mile. Neighbors include Wasatch Peak two miles to the north-northwest, and Dead Horse Peak is five miles to the west-southwest. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains north to the Blacks Fork and south into headwaters of the Lake Fork River.

Etymology

The landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[5] Nature-lover and artist George Beard (1854–1944) of Coalville, Utah, named this mountain for his wife, Sarah Lovenia Bullock Beard (1859–1932), who was the daughter of Mormon pioneer Thomas Bullock.[6]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Lovenia is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold snowy winters and mild summers.[7] Tundra climate characterizes the summit and highest slopes. There is no weather station at the summit, but this climate table contains interpolated data for an area around the summit.

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Notes and References

  1. United States Geological Survey topographical map - Mount Lovenia
  2. Adam Helman (2005), The Finest Peaks - Prominence and Other Mountain Measures, Trafford Publishing,
  3. 5514. Mount Lovenia, Utah. 2022-08-05.
  4. Web site: Lovenia, Mount - 13,219' UT. listsofjohn.com. 2022-08-05.
  5. 1442989. Mount Lovenia. 2022-08-05.
  6. John W. Van Cott (1990), Utah Place Names, University of Utah Press,, p. 262
  7. Peel, M. C. . Finlayson, B. L. . McMahon, T. A. . amp . 2007 . Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification . Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. . 11 . 5 . 1633–1644 . 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . 2007HESS...11.1633P . 9654551 . 1027-5606. free .