Name: Steamboat Mountain

 

County: Sweetwater

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude: 1085800W

Latitude: 415801N

 

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Elevation: 8694/2650

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Summit

 

Origin of Name:

Part of the Leucite Hills.

Source: Kemp and Knight

 

In many respects, this is the most impressive of all of the mesas. ... From east to west this mesa has a length of between 2 and 3 miles, and its greatest width is approximately a mile. ... From the surface of the mesa, three apparent cones arise.

Source: Kemp and Knight 

 

F.M. Endlich, of the Hayden Survey, visited the more northern mesas, especially the one called Steamboat, but named by him Essex Mountain.

Source: Kemp and Knight  

 

Other Names: Steamboat Mesa, Essex Mountain

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Steamboat Mountain

 

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