Adelaide Peak
{{Short description|Mountain Peak}}
{{about|the mountain in California|the mountain in Olympic National Park|Adelaide Peak (Washington)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Adelaide Peak
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| elevation_ft = 2279
| prominence_ft = 207
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| map = California
| map_caption = Location in California
| map_width = 200
| label_position = left
| location = Riverside County, California, U.S.
| range = Temescal Mountains
| coordinates = {{coord|33.62331|N|117.20189|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| topo = USGS Murrieta, CA
| type = Granitic
| age = Cretaceous
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Adelaide Peak is an unofficially named mountain peak in the southern part of the Temescal Mountains. It lies at an elevation of {{convert|2279|feet|meters}}.[http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=37603 Adelaide Peak, California] from peakbagger.com accessed April 27, 2015. Peak 2279 is named Adelaide Peak on the Automobile Club of Southern California's City Series map of the Murrieta- Temecula area.[http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=33.623056,-117.201944&z=15&t=T&marker0=33.623056,-117.20194 Adelaide Peak] from mapper.acme.com accessed April 27, 2015 It is composed of Cretaceous granitic rocks of the Peninsular Ranges Batholith.M.P. Kennedy and D.M. Morton, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE U.S. Geological Survey Murrieta 7.5' quadrangle, 1979, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Version 1.0, USGS, Prepared in cooperation with the CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2003.
Adelaide Peak is drained on its southern slopes by an officially unnamed tributary arroyo of Murrieta Creek, tributary of the Santa Margarita River. It is drained on its northern slopes by an officially unnamed tributary arroyo of Salt Creek, itself a tributary of the San Jacinto River.
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Category:Mountains of Riverside County, California
Category:Mountains of Southern California
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