Mount Guyot (Colorado)
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Mountain in Colorado, United States
Mount Guyot | |
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![]() Mount Guyot viewed from Dillon Reservoir | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,376 ft (4,077 m)[1][2] |
Prominence | 1,324 ft (404 m)[2] |
Isolation | 1.99 mi (3.20 km)[2] |
Coordinates | 39°27′32″N 105°56′15″W / 39.4588762°N 105.9375148°W / 39.4588762; -105.9375148[3] |
Naming | |
Etymology | Arnold Henry Guyot |
Geography | |
Location | Continental Divide between Park and Summit counties, Colorado, United States[3] |
Parent range | Front Range[2] |
Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map Grays Peak, Colorado[3] |
Mount Guyot is a high mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,376-foot (4,077 m) thirteener is located 6.3 miles (10.2 km) east-southeast (bearing 117°) of the Town of Breckenridge, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating Pike National Forest and Park County from Arapaho National Forest and Summit County.[1][2][3] The mountain was named in honor of Arnold Henry Guyot, a Swiss-American geologist.[4]
See also
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- List of Colorado mountain ranges
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References
[edit]- ^ a b The elevation of Mount Guyot includes an adjustment of +1.897 m (+6.22 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
- ^ a b c d e "Mount Guyot, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Mount Guyot". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 146.
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