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Mount Blaurock

Coordinates: 39°00′40″N 106°27′13″W / 39.0111039°N 106.4536381°W / 39.0111039; -106.4536381
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Mount Blaurock
South aspect of Mt. Blaurock (center)
(Ervin Peak to right)
Highest point
Elevation13,623 ft (4,152 m)[1][2]
Prominence436 ft (133 m)[2]
Parent peakLa Plata Peak[2]
Isolation1.62 mi (2.61 km)[2]
Coordinates39°00′40″N 106°27′13″W / 39.0111039°N 106.4536381°W / 39.0111039; -106.4536381[3]
Geography
Mount Blaurock is located in Colorado
Mount Blaurock
Mount Blaurock
LocationChaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent rangeSawatch Range,
Collegiate Peaks[2]
Topo map(s)USGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Elbert, Colorado[3]

Mount Blaurock is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,623-foot (4,152 m) thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 21.1 miles (33.9 km) northwest by west (bearing 307°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3] Mount Blaurock was named in honor of Carl Blaurock, a co-founder of the Colorado Mountain Club and one of the first two persons to climb all of Colorado's fourteeners.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ a b The elevation of Mount Blaurock includes an adjustment of +1.995 m (+6.55 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Mount Blaurock, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Mount Blaurock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
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