Mount Guyot (Colorado)

Mount Guyot
Mount Guyot viewed from Dillon Reservoir
Highest point
Elevation	13,376 ft (4,077 m)[1][2]
Prominence	1,324 ft (404 m)[2]
Isolation	1.99 mi (3.20 km)[2]
Coordinates	39°27′32″N 105°56′15″W[3]
Naming
Etymology	Arnold Henry Guyot
Geography
Mount Guyot Colorado
Location	Continental Divide between Park and Summit counties, Colorado, United States[3]
Parent range	Front Range[2]
Topo map(s)	USGS 7.5' topographic map Grays Peak, Colorado[3]

Mount Guyot is a high mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,376-foot (4,077 m) thirteener is located 6.3 miles (10.2 km) east-southeast (bearing 117°) of the Town of Breckenridge, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating Pike National Forest and Park County from Arapaho National Forest and Summit County.[1][2][3] The mountain was named in honor of Arnold Henry Guyot, a Swiss-American geologist.[4]

See also

• List of Colorado mountain ranges
• List of Colorado mountain summits
  • List of Colorado fourteeners
  • List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
  • List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
• List of Colorado county high points

References

1. The elevation of Mount Guyot includes an adjustment of +1.897 m (+6.22 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
2. "Mount Guyot, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
3. "Mount Guyot". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
4. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 146.

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