Mappa topografica Mount Elbert

Nome: Mappa topografica Mount Elbert, altitudine, rilievo.

Luogo: Mount Elbert, Lake County, Colorado, United States (39.11793 -106.44510 39.11803 -106.44500)

Altitudine media: 3’958 m

Altitudine minima: 3’421 m

Altitudine massima: 4’394 m

Mount Elbert is composed largely of quartzite. However, the summit ridge consists of metamorphic basement rock, which is Pre-Cambrian in origin and about 1.7 billion years old. There are various igneous intrusions including pegmatite, as well as bands of gneiss and schist. Unlike mountains of similar altitude elsewhere, Elbert lacks both a permanent snowpack and a prominent north-facing cirque, which can be attributed to its position among other mountains of similar height, causing it to receive relatively small quantities of precipitation.

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