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Convict Hill, Texas

Prominence: 50 ft, 16 m

Elevation: 960+ feet, 293+ meters

Approx. Isolation: 3.06 mi, 4.93 km

Elevation Info:

Elevation range: 960 - 970 ft
(10-foot closed contour)
NAVD88 Elevation: 960 ft / 293 m
(Range 960 - 970 ft)

Peak Type

Hill

Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)

30° 13' 44'' N; 97° 52' 35'' W
30.228839, -97.876264 (Dec Deg)
608136E 3344677N Zone 14 (UTM)

Country

United States

State/Province

Texas

County/Second Level Region

Travis

City/Town

Austin

Well known hill along the Balcones Escarpment historically used as a quarry site employing convict labor

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Prominence	Clean Prominence: 50 ft/16 m Optimistic Prominence: 70 ft/22 m Key Col: 910 ft/277 m (10 foot contour) Col elevation in range between 900 and 910 feet.
Isolation	3.06 mi/4.93 km Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Lewis Mountain (SW) Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: North America Plains Range3: Great Plains Range4: Southern Great Plains Range5: Edwards Plateau Range6: Hill Country
Drainage Basins	Colorado [TX] Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Topo Map	Signal Hill O30097b8 1:24,000
This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by Ty Kasey.

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