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Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado

14,005 feet, 4269 meters

Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	39° 28' N; 106° 29' W 39.466697, -106.48172 (Dec Deg) 372540E 4369616N Zone 13 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Colorado
County/Second Level Region	Eagle (Highest Point)
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Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Rocky Mountains
Range3: Southern Rocky Mountains
Range4: Sawatch Range
Range5: Northern Sawatch Range (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

Colorado
Gulf of California
Pacific Ocean

Ownership

Land: White River National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: Holy Cross Wilderness Area (Highest Point)

Topo Map

Mount of the Holy Cross 39106-D4 1:24,000

Prominence

Clean Prominence: 2111 ft/644 m
Optimistic Prominence: 2111 ft/644 m
Key Col: 11,894 ft/3625 m
    Topo Map: Nast 39106-C5 1:24,000
    Key Col Lat/Long: 39° 19' N; 106° 30' W
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Isolation

18.53 mi/29.81 km
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
Mount Massive-Far Northwest Peak (S)
Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.

First Ascent

August, 1873
James Gardner
W.H. Holmes

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