Kendall Peak (Colorado)
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Kendall Peak is a mountain
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in San Juan County,
Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...
, United States.


Description

Kendall Peak is located southeast of the community of Silverton on land administered by the
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. It is west of the
Continental Divide A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not ...
in the
San Juan Mountains The San Juan Mountains is a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. The area is highly mineralized (the Colorado Mineral Belt) and figured in the gold and silver mining industry ...
which are a subrange of the
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. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the
Animas River Animas River (''On-e-mas''; ) is a river in the western United States, a tributary of the San Juan River, part of the Colorado River System. The river has experienced numerous catastrophes due to the mining nearby, the largest being the 201 ...
.
Topographic relief Terrain (), alternatively relief or topographical relief, is the dimension and shape of a given surface of land. In physical geography, terrain is the lay of the land. This is usually expressed in terms of the elevation, slope, and orientati ...
is significant as the summit rises above Silver Lake in one-half mile (0.8 km) and above the Animas River valley in . The highest point of Kendall Mountain (13,353 ft) is 0.65 mile north of Kendall Peak.


History

The mountain's "Kendall Peak" toponym has been officially adopted by the
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, and has been recorded in publications since at least 1906. The Kendall Mountain name has been recorded since at least 1879. The mountain is named for James Kendall, miner and prospector in the San Juan Mountains in the 1800s. The toponym "Mount Kendall" was listed by
Henry Gannett Henry Gannett (August 24, 1846 – November 5, 1914) was an American geographer who is described as the "father of mapmaking in America."Evans, Richard Tranter; Frye, Helen M. (2009).History of the Topographic Branch (Division) (PDF). ''U.S. Geo ...
in his 1884 "''A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States''" as having been named by the
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and Wheeler surveys. Mount Kendall was listed as having elevations of 13,542-ft and 13,380-ft which roughly correspond to the elevations of Kendall Peak and Kendall Mountain.Henry Gannett (1884), ''A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States'', US Government Printing Office, p. 62.
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Climate

According to the
Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
system, Kendall Peak is located in an alpine
subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a continental climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of ...
zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring. This climate supports the Kendall Mountain Ski Area.


See also

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Thirteener In mountaineering in the United States, a thirteener (abbreviated 13er) is a mountain that exceeds above mean sea level, similar to the more familiar "fourteeners," which exceed . In most instances, "thirteeners" refers only to those peaks betwe ...
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References


External links

* Weather forecast
Kendall Peak

National Geodetic Survey data sheet
{{Mountains of Colorado Mountains of San Juan County, Colorado San Juan Mountains (Colorado) Four-thousanders of the United States