Volcano Peak
South aspect, from Bonneville Salt Flats
Highest point
Elevation	6,011 ft (1,832 m)^[1]
Prominence	931 ft (284 m)^[2]
Parent peak	Rishel Peak (6,212 ft)^[3]
Isolation	1.88 mi (3.03 km)^[3]
Coordinates	40°47′44″N 113°58′38″W / 40.7954850°N 113.9772303°W / 40.7954850; -113.9772303^[4]
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 Tetzlaff Peak
Geology
Type of rock	Rhyolite porphyry^[5]
Climbing
Easiest route	class 3 scrambling^[3]

Volcano Peak is a 6,011-foot elevation (1,832 m) mountain summit located in Tooele County, Utah, United States.

Description

Volcano Peak is situated in the Silver Island Mountains which are a subset of the Great Basin Ranges, and it is set on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The community of Wendover, Utah, is six miles to the southwest and line parent Rishel Peak is two miles to the northeast. Topographic relief is modest as the summit rises 1,800 feet (550 meters) above the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1.5 mile. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.^[4]

Climate

Volcano Peak is set in the Great Salt Lake Desert which has hot summers and cold winters.^[6] 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.