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Mount Jackson (Colorado)

Index Mount Jackson (Colorado)

Mount Jackson is a high and prominent mountain summit in the northern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. [1]

25 relations: Absolute bearing, Colorado, Eagle County, Colorado, Elevation, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Holy Cross Wilderness, List of mountain peaks of Colorado, List of mountain peaks of North America, List of mountain peaks of the United States, 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, Minturn, Colorado, Mountain, North America, North American Vertical Datum of 1988, Rocky Mountains, Sawatch Range, Sea Level Datum of 1929, Summit, Thirteener, Topographic prominence, United States, White River National Forest, William Henry Jackson.

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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Eagle County, Colorado

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

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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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Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden

Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (September 7, 1829 – December 22, 1887) was an American geologist noted for his pioneering surveying expeditions of the Rocky Mountains in the late 19th century.

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Holy Cross Wilderness

The Holy Cross Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located in San Isabel and White River national forests near Leadville, Minturn, Avon, Edwards, Eagle, and Vail, Colorado.

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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 mountain peaks of North America

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 mountain peaks of the United States

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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Minturn, Colorado

Minturn is a home rule municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.

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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 America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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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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Rocky Mountains

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

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Sawatch Range

The Sawatch Range The place name "Sawatch" is pronounced.

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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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White River National Forest

White River National Forest is a National Forest in northwest Colorado.

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William Henry Jackson

William Henry Jackson (April 4, 1843 – June 30, 1942) was an American painter, Civil War veteran, geological survey photographer and an explorer famous for his images of the American West.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Jackson_(Colorado)

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