Mount Limbo

Mount Limbo
Mount Limbo (near center), Purgatory Peak (left)
Southwest aspect from Highway 447
Highest point
Elevation7,312 ft (2,229 m)[1][2]
Prominence252 ft (77 m)[3]
Parent peakPurgatory Peak (7,417 ft)[4]
Isolation0.61 mi (0.98 km)[4]
Coordinates40°20′23″N 119°16′54″W / 40.3396259°N 119.2815694°W / 40.3396259; -119.2815694[5]
Geography
Mount Limbo is located in Nevada
Mount Limbo
Mount Limbo
Location in Nevada
Mount Limbo is located in the United States
Mount Limbo
Mount Limbo
Mount Limbo (the United States)
CountryUnited States of America
StateNevada
CountyPershing
Parent rangeSelenite Range
Great Basin Ranges
Topo mapUSGS Purgatory Peak
Geology
Age of rockCretaceous[6]
Mountain typeFault block[6]
Type of rockGranodiorite[6]
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 3 scrambling[4]

Mount Limbo is a 7,312-foot elevation (2,229 m) summit located in Pershing County, Nevada, United States.[2]

  1. ^ United States Geological Survey topographical map - Purgatory Peak
  2. ^ a b United States Board on Geographic Names (1965), Decisions on Names in the United States, Decision List 6503, Department of the Interior, p. 31
  3. ^ "Mount Limbo, Nevada". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  4. ^ a b c "Limbo, Mount - 7,312' NV". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  5. ^ "Mount Limbo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  6. ^ a b c William J. Keith, Robert L. Turner, Donald Plouff, Mineral Resources of the Mount Limbo Wilderness Study Area, Pershing County, Nevada, USGS Bulletin 1726-A, U.S. Government Printing Office, (1986), p. A7