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Deception Peak, New Mexico

Prominence: 0 ft, 0 m

Elevation: 12,320+ feet, 3755+ meters

Approx. Isolation: 0.13 mi, 0.21 km

Elevation Info:

Elevation range: 12,320 - 12,360 ft
(40-foot closed contour)
NAVD88 Elevation: 12,324 ft / 3756 m
(Range 12,324 - 12,364 ft)

Peak Type

Sub-Peak, subsidiary to

Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)

35° 47' 42'' N; 105° 46' 22'' W
35.79489, -105.772823 (Dec Deg)
430167E 3961475N Zone 13 (UTM)

Country

United States

State/Province

New Mexico

County/Second Level Region

Santa Fe

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Selected Trip Reports from this site:
     2008-10-10 by Phil Robinson (GPS Track)

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Many local climbers around Santa Fe refer to this as Deception Peak, probably because it's a false summit for nearby Lake Peak. There are a couple of trip reports under this name at summitpost.org.

Deception Peak, one of the high 12,000 foot peaks of northern New Mexico. Photo courtesy of Phil Robinson.
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Prominence	Clean Prominence: 0 ft/0 m Optimistic Prominence: 80 ft/24 m Key Col: 12,320 ft/3755 m (40 foot contour) Col elevation in range between 12,280 and 12,320 feet. Topo Map: Aspen Basin O35105g7 1:24,000 Key Col Lat/Long: 35° 47' 43'' N; 105° 46' 20'' W Key Col Map Links: Bing Maps MSN/Encarta Google Maps
Isolation	0.21 mi/0.13 km Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Lake Peak (NE) Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Rocky Mountains Range3: Southern Rocky Mountains Range4: Sangre de Cristo Range Range5: Santa Fe Mountains
Drainage Basins	Rio Grande Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Santa Fe National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Pecos Wilderness Area
Topo Map	Aspen Basin O35105g7 1:24,000
This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by Richard Oestreicher.
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