Jenkins Peak

Jenkins Peak is a 7,268-foot elevation (2,215 m) mountain summit located in Tooele County, Utah, United States.

Jenkins Peak
South aspect, from Bonneville Salt Flats
Highest point
Elevation	7,268 ft (2,215 m)[1]
Prominence	628 ft (191 m)[2]
Parent peak	Campbell Peak (7,272 ft)[3]
Isolation	2.28 mi (3.67 km)[3]
Coordinates	40°54′23″N 113°49′37″W[2]
Naming
Etymology	Ab Jenkins
Geography
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Location	Great Salt Lake Desert
Country	United States of America
State	Utah
County	Tooele
Parent range	Silver Island Mountains Great Basin Ranges
Topo map	USGS Graham Peak
Geology
Rock age	Cambrian
Mountain type	Fault block
Rock type	Limestone

Description

Jenkins Peak is the third-highest summit in the Silver Island Mountains which are a subset of the Great Basin Ranges.^[2] It is set on land controlled by the Bureau of Land Management. The community of Wendover, Utah, is 17 miles to the southwest and the Bonneville Speedway is eight miles to the south. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 3,000 feet (910 meters) above the Bonneville Salt Flats in two miles. This landform's toponym was officially adopted in 1960 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor David Abbott "Ab" Jenkins (1883–1956), a professional race car driver who was interested in land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats.^[4][5][6] He was instrumental in establishing Bonneville as a location for such events, and was elected Mayor of Salt Lake City in 1940.

Climate

Jenkins Peak is set in the Great Salt Lake Desert which has hot summers and cold winters.^[7] The desert is an example of a cold desert climate 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

• 
  Ab Jenkins
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  Jenkins Peak (left) below cloud
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  Jenkins Peak on the left, Graham Peak at center, and Cobb Peak to the right.

See also

• Mountains portal
• List of mountain peaks of Utah