Dolores Peak
Dolores Peak | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,296 ft (4,053 m)[1][2] |
Prominence | 730 ft (223 m)[3] |
Parent peak | Middle Peak |
Isolation | 1.12 mi (1.80 km) |
Coordinates | 37°50′25″N 108°05′47″W / 37.8402712°N 108.0964626°WCoordinates: 37°50′25″N 108°05′47″W / 37.8402712°N 108.0964626°W[4] |
Geography | |
Dolores Peak Colorado | |
Location | Dolores and San Miguel counties, Colorado, United States[4] |
Parent range | San Miguel Mountains[2] |
Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map Dolores Peak, Colorado[4] |
Dolores Peak is a high mountain summit in the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,296-foot (4,053 m) thirteener is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness, 16.7 miles (26.9 km) west-southwest (bearing 246°) of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating San Juan National Forest and Dolores County from Uncompahgre National Forest and San Miguel County.[1][2][4]
Topographic prominence[]
Dolores Peak may be higher than neighboring Middle Peak on the same drainage divide. If this is the case, Dolores Peak would be the more topographically prominent of the two summits.
Historical names[]
- Dolores Mountain
- Dolores Peak – 1965 [4]
- Dunn Peak
- Dunns Peak
See also[]
- List of mountain peaks of North America
- List of mountain peaks of the United States
- List of mountain peaks of Colorado
- List of mountain peaks of the United States
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b The elevation of Dolores Peak includes an adjustment of +1.800 m (+5.91 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Dolores Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ Dolores Peak may be higher than Middle Peak.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Dolores Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
External links[]
Categories:
- Mountains of Colorado
- Mountains of Dolores County, Colorado
- Mountains of San Miguel County, Colorado
- San Juan National Forest
- Uncompahgre National Forest
- North American 4000 m summits
- Colorado geography stubs