Dolores Peak

Dolores Peak
Dolores Peak

Colorado

Highest point
Elevation 13,296 ft (4,053 m) [1][2]
Prominence 730. ft (223 m) [3]
Isolation 1.12 mi (1.80 km)
Parent peak Middle Peak
Coordinates 37°50′25″N 108°05′47″W / 37.8402712°N 108.0964626°W / 37.8402712; -108.0964626Coordinates: 37°50′25″N 108°05′47″W / 37.8402712°N 108.0964626°W / 37.8402712; -108.0964626 [4]
Geography
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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 The elevation of Dolores Peak includes an adjustment of +1.800 m (+5.91 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dolores Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ Dolores Peak may be higher than Middle Peak.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dolores Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 5, 2014.

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