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Mountain in United States of America
Sultan Mountain, elevation 13,373 ft (4,076 m), is a peak of the San Juan Mountains range in San Juan County, southwestern Colorado.
It is located southwest of the town of Silverton.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Sultan_Mountain_from_Kendall_Mountain.jpg/290px-Sultan_Mountain_from_Kendall_Mountain.jpg)
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, the mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[4] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Grand_Turk%2C_Sultan%2C_Bear.jpg/290px-Grand_Turk%2C_Sultan%2C_Bear.jpg)
See also
References
- ^ The elevation of Sultan Mountain includes an adjustment of +1.649 m (+5.41 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
- ^ a b c d "Sultan Mountain, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Sultan Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
External links
- Sultan Mountain: Weather forecast
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