Meeker Peak is an mountain
summit
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.
The term (mountain top) is generally used only for a m ...
located in
Lincoln County,
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
, United States.
Description
Meeker Peak is the third-highest summit in the
Worthington Mountains
The Worthington Mountains is a small long north-south trending mountain range in northwestern Lincoln County, Nevada. The range is bounded by the Sand Spring Valley to the west and Garden Valley to the east. The Quinn Canyon Range lies to the no ...
which are a subset of the
Great Basin Ranges. This remote peak is set in the
Basin and Range National Monument
Basin and Range National Monument is a national monument of the United States spanning approximately of remote, undeveloped mountains and valleys in Lincoln and Nye counties in southeastern Nevada. on land managed by the
Bureau of Land Management. It is situated in the Worthington Mountains Wilderness, south of
Worthington Peak
Worthington Peak is an mountain summit located in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States.
Description
Worthington Peak is the highest summit in the Worthington Mountains which are a subset of the Great Basin Ranges. This remote peak is set in ...
, north of
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the List of United States cities by population, 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the U.S. state, state of Neva ...
, and northeast of
Nellis Air Force Base Complex
The Nellis Air Force Base Complex (Nellis AFB complex, NAFB Complex) is the southern Nevada military region of federal facilities and lands, e.g., currently and formerly used for military and associated testing and training such as Atomic Ener ...
.
Topographic relief
Terrain or relief (also topographical relief) involves the vertical and horizontal dimensions of land surface. The term bathymetry is used to describe underwater relief, while hypsometry studies terrain relative to sea level. The Latin w ...
is significant as the summit rises above Garden Valley in one mile, and above Sand Springs Valley in three miles. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
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.
Climate
Meeker Peak is set in the
Great Basin Desert
The Great Basin Desert is part of the Great Basin between the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch Range. The desert is a geographical region that largely overlaps the Great Basin shrub steppe defined by the World Wildlife Fund, and the Central Basi ...
which has hot summers and cold winters.
The desert is an example of a
cold desert climate
The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk''), is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in deser ...
as the desert's elevation makes temperatures cooler than lower elevation deserts. Due to the high elevation and aridity, temperatures
drop sharply after sunset. Summer nights are comfortably cool. Winter highs are generally above freezing, and winter nights are bitterly cold, with temperatures often dropping well below freezing.
Gallery
File:Basin and Range National Monument (20987785984).jpg, East aspect
File:Basin and Range National Monument (21599176262).jpg, Northeast aspect
File:Worthington Range (19675378216).jpg, East aspect
See also
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Great Basin
References
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External links
* Weather forecast
Meeker Peak* Basin and Range National Monument
Bureau of Land Management
Mountains of Lincoln County, Nevada
Mountains of Nevada
North American 2000 m summits
Mountains of the Great Basin