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Bennett Peak

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Bennett Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit in the San Juan Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains System, in southwestern Colorado. [1]

20 relations: Absolute bearing, Colorado, Del Norte, Colorado, Elevation, List of Colorado county high points, List of mountain peaks of Colorado, List of the highest major summits of Colorado, List of the highest major summits of North America, List of the highest major summits of the United States, Mountain, North American Vertical Datum of 1988, Rio Grande County, Colorado, Rio Grande National Forest, Rocky Mountains, San Juan Mountains, Sea Level Datum of 1929, Summit, Thirteener, Topographic prominence, United States.

Absolute bearing

In nautical navigation the absolute bearing is the clockwise angle between north and an object observed from the vessel.

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Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

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Del Norte, Colorado

The Town of Del Norte is the Statutory Town that is the county seat of Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States.

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Elevation

The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic datum § Vertical datum).

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List of Colorado county high points

This article includes a sortable table of the 64 counties of the U.S. State of Colorado with their points of highest elevation.

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List of mountain peaks of Colorado

This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence.

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List of the highest major summits of Colorado

The following sortable table comprises the 117 highest mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado with at least of elevation and at least of topographic prominence.

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List of the highest major summits of North America

The following sortable table comprises the 200 highest mountain peaks of greater North AmericaThis article defines greater North America as the portion of the continental landmass of the Americas extending westward and northward from the Isthmus of Panama plus the ocean islands surrounding that landmass.

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List of the highest major summits of the United States

The following sortable table comprises the 200 highest mountain peaks of the United States with at least of topographic prominence.

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Mountain

A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.

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North American Vertical Datum of 1988

The North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) is the vertical control datum of orthometric height established for vertical control surveying in the United States of America based upon the General Adjustment of the North American Datum of 1988.

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Rio Grande County, Colorado

Rio Grande County is one of the 64 counties of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Rio Grande National Forest

Rio Grande National Forest is a 1.86 million-acre (7,530 km²) U.S. National Forest located in southwestern Colorado.

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Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America.

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San Juan Mountains

The San Juan Mountains are a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico.

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Sea Level Datum of 1929

The Sea Level Datum of 1929 was the vertical control datum established for vertical control surveying in the United States of America by the General Adjustment of 1929.

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Summit

A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it.

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Thirteener

In mountaineering in the United States, a thirteener is a mountain that exceeds above mean sea level, similar to the more familiar "fourteeners," which exceed.

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Topographic prominence

In topography, prominence characterizes the height of a mountain or hill's summit by the vertical distance between it and the lowest contour line encircling it but containing no higher summit within it.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett_Peak

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