Mount Blaurock
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Mount Blaurock | |
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Mount Blaurock Colorado | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,623 ft (4,152 m)[2][3] |
Prominence | 436 ft (133 m)[3] |
Parent peak | La Plata Peak[3] |
Isolation | 1.62 mi (2.61 km)[3] |
Coordinates | 39°00′40″N 106°27′13″W / 39.0111039°N 106.4536381°W / 39.0111039; -106.4536381Coordinates: 39°00′40″N 106°27′13″W / 39.0111039°N 106.4536381°W / 39.0111039; -106.4536381[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[1] |
Parent range | Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks[3] |
Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Elbert, Colorado[1] |
Mount Blaurock is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,623-foot (4,152 m) thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 21.1 miles (33.9 km) northwest by west (bearing 307°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.[2][3][1] Mount Blaurock was named in honor of Carl Blaurock, a co-founder of the Colorado Mountain Club and one of the first two persons to climb all of Colorado's fourteeners.[1]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Mount Blaurock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b The elevation of Mount Blaurock includes an adjustment of +1.995 m (+6.55 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Mount Blaurock, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
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