Lavender Peak (Colorado)
Lavender Peak | |
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Lavender Peak Colorado | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,233 ft (4,033 m)[2][3] |
Prominence | 408 ft (124 m)[3] |
Parent peak | Hesperus Mountain[3] |
Isolation | 0.50 mi (0.80 km)[3] |
Coordinates | 37°26′30″N 108°04′49″W / 37.4416667°N 108.0802778°WCoordinates: 37°26′30″N 108°04′49″W / 37.4416667°N 108.0802778°W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Montezuma County, Colorado, United States[1] |
Parent range | La Plata Mountains[3] |
Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map La Plata, Colorado[3] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Scramble |
Lavender Peak is a high mountain summit in the La Plata Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,233-foot (4,033 m) thirteener is located in San Juan National Forest, 13.5 miles (21.7 km) northeast by east (bearing 61°) of the Town of Mancos in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States.[2][3][1] The peak lies 0.53 miles (0.85 km) east-southeast of the higher and more well-known Hesperus Mountain. Lavender Peak was named in honor of (1911-1934), the author of a 1932 climbing guide to the San Juan Mountains.[1]
Mountain[]
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Historical names[]
- Lavendar Peak
- Lavender Peak – 1976 [1]
See also[]
- List of Colorado mountain ranges
- List of Colorado mountain summits
- List of Colorado fourteeners
- List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
- List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
- List of Colorado county high points
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Lavender Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b The elevation of Lavender Peak includes an adjustment of +1.647 m (+5.40 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Lavender Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
External links[]
Categories:
- Mountains of Colorado
- Mountains of Montezuma County, Colorado
- San Juan National Forest
- North American 4000 m summits
- Colorado geography stubs