Mount Marsell Explained

Mount Marsell
Elevation Ft:11340.
Prominence Ft:988
Prominence Ref:[1]
Isolation Mi:1.71
Isolation Ref:[2]
Parent Peak:Hayden Peak (12,484 ft)
Etymology:Ray Everett Marsell
Map:Utah#USA
Label Position:bottom
Map Size:240
Part Type:Protected area
Country:United States of America
State:Utah
Region:Summit
Region Type:County
Coordinates:40.7311°N -110.9079°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]
Range:Uinta Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Topo:USGS Mirror Lake

Mount Marsell is an 11340feet mountain summit in Summit County, Utah, United States.

Description

Mount Marsell is located 50miles east of Salt Lake City in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.[2] It is situated in the western Uinta Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains west into headwaters of the Weber River and east to the Bear River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1960abbr=offNaNabbr=off above the Weber River in one mile (1.6 km). Access to the mountain is via the Mirror Lake Highway and hiking. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1974 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor Dr. Ray E. Marsell (1893–1971), environmental geologist and professor at the University of Utah.[4]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Marsell is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold snowy winters and mild summers.[5] Tundra climate characterizes the summit and highest slopes.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marsell, Mount - 11,339' UT. listsofjohn.com. 2024-06-09.
  2. 33109. Mount Marsell, Utah. 2024-06-09.
  3. 1454814. Mount Marsell. 2024-06-09.
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ostfmik49hEC&pg=RA11-PA22&dq=Marsell+11,340&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiNupH5qs6GAxXRHjQIHTVLCuEQuwV6BAgJEAc#v=onepage&q=Marsell%2011%2C340&f=false United States Board on Geographic Names, Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States
  5. 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 .