Cronin Peak

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Cronin Peak
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Cronin Peak
Highest point
Elevation 13,877 ft (4,230 m) [1] [2]
Prominence 1,050 ft (320 m) [2]
Isolation 2.39 mi (3.85 km) [2]
Coordinates 38°39′20″N106°17′00″W / 38.65545°N 106.28341°W / 38.65545; -106.28341 Coordinates: 38°39′20″N106°17′00″W / 38.65545°N 106.28341°W / 38.65545; -106.28341 [3]
Geography
Location Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S. [3]
Parent range Sawatch Range [2]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Saint Elmo, Colorado [3]

Cronin Peak is a high mountain summit in the southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,877-foot (4,230 m) thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 12.9 miles (20.8 km) southwest by west (bearing 241°) of the community of Nathrop in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. [1] [2] Cronin Peak was named in honor of Mary Cronin, who in 1934 become the first woman to climb all 53 Colorado fourteeners. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 The elevation of Cronin Peak includes an adjustment of +2.168 m (+7.11 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cronin Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Cronin Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved November 5, 2014.