Tomichi Dome

Tomichi Dome

Tomichi Dome viewed from U.S. Route 50
Highest point
Elevation 11,471 ft (3,496 m) [1][2]
Prominence 2,325 ft (709 m) [2]
Isolation 10.74 mi (17.28 km) [2]
Listing Colorado prominent summits
Coordinates 38°29′06″N 106°31′44″W / 38.4849944°N 106.5289192°W / 38.4849944; -106.5289192Coordinates: 38°29′06″N 106°31′44″W / 38.4849944°N 106.5289192°W / 38.4849944; -106.5289192 [3]
Geography
Tomichi Dome

Colorado

Location Gunnison County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent range Sawatch Range[2]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Doyleville, Colorado[3]

Tomichi Dome[4] rises north of Colorado State Highway 50 west of Hot Springs Creek and south of Wanita Hot Springs Reservoir in the southeast quarter of Gunnison County, Colorado. It is situated within the Gunnison National Forest and is of a geologic formation called a laccolith.[6] Laccolith formations are caused by igneous activity otherwise known as melting within the earth. Other laccoliths of the Gunnison Country[7] are Mount Crested Butte, Gothic Mountain, Whetstone Mountain, Mount Axtel, Anthracite Range, Round Mountain, Carbon Peak, Beckwith Mountain, Marcellina Mountain and Mount Gunnison.

Historical names

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The elevation of Tomichi Dome includes an adjustment of +1.693 m (+5.55 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Tomichi Dome, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Tomichi Dome". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ Pronounced i/toʊˈmiːtʃiː/.[5]
  5. ↑ Benson, Maxine (1994). 1001 Colorado Place Names. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 0-7006-0632-7.
  6. ↑ Prather, Thomas (1982). Geology of the Gunnison Country. Gunnison: B & B Printers.
  7. ↑ Vandenbusche, Duane (1964). Gunnison Country. Gunnison: B & B Printers.


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