Sutter Buttes
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Sutter Buttes is a small, isolated circular mountain range in California’s Central Valley often called the “world’s smallest mountain range.”
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sutter Buttes canonical | 2 |
| Sutter Buttes volcanic field | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain range
ⓘ
volcanic formation ⓘ |
| access | limited public access ⓘ |
| administrativeRegion | Sutter County ⓘ |
| age | Pliocene to Pleistocene ⓘ |
| climate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| considered | sacred place by local Native American tribes ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificanceFor |
Maidu people
ⓘ
Wintun people ⓘ |
| diameter |
about 10 miles
ⓘ
about 16 kilometers ⓘ |
| drainage |
Feather River
ⓘ
surface form:
Feather River basin
|
| elevation |
about 2,122 feet
ⓘ
about 647 meters ⓘ |
| formedBy | volcanic activity ⓘ |
| geologicalOrigin | eroded volcanic dome complex ⓘ |
| geologicProvince |
Coastal Ranges
ⓘ
surface form:
California Coast Ranges–Great Valley system
|
| hasProtectedArea | Sutter Buttes State Wildlife Area ⓘ |
| highestPoint | South Butte ⓘ |
| landOwnership | mostly private land ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Central Valley ⓘ Sutter County ⓘ
surface form:
Sutter County, California
northern Sacramento Valley ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Sacramento Valley
ⓘ
City of Yuba City ⓘ
surface form:
Yuba City, California
|
| namedAfter | John Sutter ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Colusa
ⓘ
surface form:
Colusa, California
|
| nearbyTransportationRoute |
State Route 20
ⓘ
State Route 99 ⓘ |
| nickname | world’s smallest mountain range ⓘ |
| notableFor |
circular ring of volcanic hills
ⓘ
isolated topographic prominence in Central Valley ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Valley of California ⓘ |
| proximityTo | Feather River ⓘ |
| rockType |
andesite
ⓘ
basalt ⓘ |
| shape | roughly circular ⓘ |
| tourism | guided hikes allowed in some areas ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cattle grazing
ⓘ
natural gas production ⓘ |
| vegetation |
grassland
ⓘ
oak woodland ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | large parts of the Sacramento Valley ⓘ |
| volcanicField |
Sutter Buttes
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Sutter Buttes volcanic field
|
| wildlifeHabitatFor |
coyotes
ⓘ
deer ⓘ raptors ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sutter Buttes volcanic field