Altamont Pass

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mountain pass transportation corridor wind farm area

Altamont Pass is a low mountain pass in the Diablo Range of Northern California, known as a major transportation corridor and one of the earliest large-scale wind farm sites in the United States.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Altamont Pass canonical 9
Altamont Corridor 1
Altamont Pass Wind Farm 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain pass ⓘ
transportation corridor ⓘ
wind farm area ⓘ
climate semi-arid Mediterranean ⓘ
connects Livermore Valley ⓘ
San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
elevation approximately 1,009 feet ⓘ
approximately 308 meters ⓘ
energyType wind power ⓘ
gridConnection connected to California electrical grid ⓘ
hasEnergyInfrastructure Altamont Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Altamont Pass Wind Farm
hasEnvironmentalIssue bird and raptor mortality from wind turbines ⓘ
hasFeature rolling grassy hills ⓘ
strong prevailing winds ⓘ
hasViewOf Livermore Valley ⓘ
San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
surface form: San Joaquin Valley plains
historicalName Livermore Pass ⓘ
importance one of the main east–west passes in the Diablo Range ⓘ
isOnRoute historic Lincoln Highway corridor vicinity ⓘ
knownFor being one of the earliest large-scale wind farm sites in the United States ⓘ
large concentration of wind turbines ⓘ
major transportation corridor between the Bay Area and Central Valley ⓘ
landUse mix of grazing land and energy infrastructure ⓘ
locatedIn Alameda County ⓘ
surface form: Alameda County, California

Diablo Range ⓘ
Northern California ⓘ
near Livermore ⓘ
surface form: city of Livermore

community of Altamont ⓘ
partOf Altamont Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area

East Bay ⓘ
surface form: East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area
range Diablo Range ⓘ
surface form: Diablo Range subregion
region Tri-Valley area vicinity ⓘ
state California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
topography low, rounded hills rather than steep mountains ⓘ
transportModes commuter rail ⓘ
freight rail ⓘ
highway traffic ⓘ
transportRole key link between San Francisco Bay Area and Central Valley ⓘ
traversedBy Altamont Corridor Express ⓘ
surface form: Altamont Corridor Express rail line

Interstate 580 ⓘ
Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
usedSince 19th century for overland travel ⓘ
windDevelopmentBegan early 1980s ⓘ
windFarmModernization repowering with fewer, larger turbines ⓘ
windPattern strong westerly winds funneled through the pass ⓘ
windResourceQuality high average wind speeds suitable for utility-scale wind power ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ACE → passesThrough → Altamont Pass ⓘ
subject surface form: Altamont Corridor Express
ACE → railLineName → Altamont Pass ⓘ
subject surface form: Altamont Corridor Express
this entity surface form: Altamont Corridor
Diablo Range → passes → Altamont Pass ⓘ
Altamont Pass → partOf → Altamont Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area
Altamont Pass → hasEnergyInfrastructure → Altamont Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altamont Pass Wind Farm
Livermore → locatedNear → Altamont Pass ⓘ
Altamont Corridor Express → primaryCorridor → Altamont Pass ⓘ
Mountain House → locatedEastOf → Altamont Pass ⓘ
Tracy → locatedNear → Altamont Pass ⓘ
San Gorgonio Pass wind farm → windResourceAreaPeers → Altamont Pass ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altamont Pass wind farm
Interstate 580 → passesThrough → Altamont Pass ⓘ
Livermore Valley → near → Altamont Pass ⓘ
City of Tracy, California → hasNearbyPass → Altamont Pass ⓘ