Mount Guyot | |
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Mount Guyot viewed from Dillon Reservoir | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,376 ft (4,077 m) |
Prominence | 1,324 ft (404 m) |
Isolation | 1.99 mi (3.20 km) |
Coordinates | 39°27′32″N 105°56′15″W / 39.4588762°N 105.9375148°W / 39.4588762; -105.9375148 |
Naming | |
Etymology | Arnold Henry Guyot |
Geography | |
Mount GuyotColorado | |
Location | Continental Divide between Park and Summit counties, Colorado, United States |
Parent range | Front Range |
Topo map(s) | USGS 7.5' topographic map Grays Peak, Colorado |
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. The mountain was named in honor of Arnold Henry Guyot, a Swiss-American geologist.
See also
- List of Colorado mountain ranges
- List of Colorado mountain summits
- List of Colorado county high points
References
- ^ The elevation of Mount Guyot includes an adjustment of +1.897 m (+6.22 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
- ^ "Mount Guyot, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ "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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