Adelaide Peak
Adelaide Peak | |
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![]() ![]() Adelaide Peak Location in California | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,279 ft (695 m)[1] |
Prominence | 207 ft (63 m)[1] |
Coordinates | 33°37′24″N 117°12′07″W / 33.62331°N 117.20189°WCoordinates: 33°37′24″N 117°12′07″W / 33.62331°N 117.20189°W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Riverside County, California, U.S. |
Parent range | Temescal Mountains |
Topo map | USGS Murrieta, CA |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Cretaceous |
Mountain type | Granitic |
Adelaide Peak is an unofficially named mountain peak in the southern part of the Temescal Mountains. It lies at an elevation of 2,279 feet (695 m).[1][2] It is composed of Cretaceous granitic rocks of the .[3]
Adelaide Peak is drained on its southern slopes by an officially unnamed tributary arroyo of Murrieta Creek, tributary of the Santa Margarita River. It is drained on its northern slopes by an officially unnamed tributary arroyo of , itself a tributary of the San Jacinto River.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Adelaide Peak, California from peakbagger.com accessed April 27, 2015. Peak 2279 is named Adelaide Peak on the Automobile Club of Southern California's City Series map of the Murrieta- Temecula area.
- ^ a b Adelaide Peak from mapper.acme.com accessed April 27, 2015
- ^ M.P. Kennedy and D.M. Morton, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE U.S. Geological Survey Murrieta 7.5' quadrangle, 1979, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Version 1.0, USGS, Prepared in cooperation with the CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2003.
Categories:
- Mountains of Riverside County, California
- Temescal Mountains
- Mountains of Southern California
- Riverside County, California geography stubs