Mount Emmons (Colorado)

Mount Emmons
Mount Emmons

Colorado

Highest point
Elevation 12,401 ft (3,780 m)[1][2]
Prominence 592 ft (180 m)[3]
Isolation 4.18 mi (6.73 km)[3]
Coordinates 38°53′11″N 107°03′04″W / 38.8864059°N 107.0511295°W / 38.8864059; -107.0511295Coordinates: 38°53′11″N 107°03′04″W / 38.8864059°N 107.0511295°W / 38.8864059; -107.0511295[1]
Geography
Location Gunnison County, Colorado, U.S.[4]
Parent range West Elk Mountains[3]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Oh-be-joyful, Colorado[1]

Mount Emmons is a mountain summit in the West Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,401-foot (3,780 m) peak is located in Gunnison National Forest, 4.2 miles (6.7 km) west-northwest (bearing 288°) of the Town of Crested Butte in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3][4] The mountain was named in honor of geologist Samuel Franklin Emmons.[5]

Historical names

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "EMMONS". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  2. 1 2 The elevation of Mount Emmons includes an adjustment of +1.946 m (+6.38 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Emmons, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Mount Emmons". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  5. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. US Government Printing Office. p. 119. Retrieved 2014-02-01.

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