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Selenite Peak is a summit located in
Pershing County Pershing County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,650. Its county seat is Lovelock. The county was named after army general John J. Pershing (1860–1948). It was formed from Humboldt County ...
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, United States.


Description

Selenite Peak is the fifth-highest peak of the
Selenite Range The Selenite Range is a mountain range in western Pershing County, Nevada. The range is a north–south trending feature approximately long and wide. The Fox Range lies to the west across the San Emidio Desert valley and the south end of the Bla ...
which is a subset of the Great Basin Ranges. This peak is set on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and is the highest point of the BLM's Selenite Mountains Wilderness Study Area. It is situated southeast of the town of Gerlach, and northeast of
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is significant as the summit rises above the valley floor in three miles. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the
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Climate

Selenite Peak is set in the
Black Rock Desert __NOTOC__ The Black Rock Desert is a semi-arid region (in the Great Basin shrub steppe eco-region) of lava beds and playa, or alkali flats, situated in the Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, a si ...
which has hot summers and cold winters. The desert is an example of a
cold desert climate The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk''), is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert ...
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

File:Black rock desert - Selenite Peak.jpg, North aspect File:Black Rock Desert Overlooking Gerlach, Nevada (50233550422).jpg, Selenite Peak and Gerlach at sunset File:Black Rock Desert Near Gerlach, Nevada (50233545197).jpg, North aspect


See also

* * Great Basin


References

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External links

* Weather forecast
Selenite Peak

National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet
Mountains of Pershing County, Nevada Mountains of Nevada North American 2000 m summits Mountains of the Great Basin