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Shunesburg Mountain, a 5,960-foot peak in Zion National Park in southwestern Utah, rises about 2,000 feet above Parunuweap Canyon between Shunes Creek and the East Fork Virgin River. Its name comes from the nearby former settlement of Shunesburg, named for Paiute Chief Shunes, who sold the land in 1861 to Mormon settlers seeking to build a community. Flooding from the Virgin River eventually forced the settlement's residents to relocate to Rockville. The mountain stands in a cold semi-arid climate, with less than 10 inches of annual precipitation, most of it falling in spring and summer, while winter is generally dry with light snowfall.
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