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Mount Princeton is a high and prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,204 feet (4,329 m) fourteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 7.8 miles (12.6 km) southwest (bearing 225°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named in honor of Princeton University.[1][2][3]

Mount Princeton
Mt. Princeton from near Buena Vista
Highest point
Elevation	14,204 ft (4327.25 m)[1] NAVD88
Prominence	2177 ft (664 m)[2]
Isolation	5.19 mi (8.36 km)[2]
Listing	North America highest peaks 46th US highest major peaks 32nd Colorado highest major peaks 15th Colorado fourteeners 18th
Coordinates	38°44′57″N 106°14′33″W[1]
Geography
Mount Princeton Colorado
Location	Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent range	Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks[2]
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Antero, Colorado[1]
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike

Mountain

While not one of the highest peaks of the Sawatch Range, Mount Princeton is one of the most dramatic, abruptly rising nearly 7,000 feet above the Arkansas River valley in only 6 miles.[4]

The first recorded ascent was on July 17, 1877, at 12:30 pm by William Libbey of Princeton University.[5] It is likely that various miners had climbed the peak earlier.[6] The name Mount Princeton was in use as early as 1873, and the peak was most likely named by Henry Gannett, a Harvard graduate and chief topographer in a government survey led by George M. Wheeler.[6][7]

Historical names

• Chalk Peak
• Mount Princeton – 1906 [3]
• Princeton Mountain

See also

• List of mountain peaks of North America
  • List of mountain peaks of the United States
    • List of mountain peaks of Colorado
      • List of Colorado fourteeners

References

External links

• Mt. Princeton on 14ers.com

На других языках

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- [en] Mount Princeton

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[es] Monte Princeton

El monte Princeton es una alta y prominente cima de los Collegiate Peaks en la cordillera Sawatch de las montañas Rocosas de América del Norte. Con 4329 m está situada en el San Isabel National Forest, a 12,6 km al suroeste (rumbo 225°) de la ciudad de Buena Vista, en el condado de Chaffee, Colorado, Estados Unidos. La montaña fue nombrada en honor a la Universidad de Princeton.[1]

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[fr] Mont Princeton

Le mont Princeton, en anglais Mount Princeton, est un sommet montagneux américain dans le comté de Chaffee, au Colorado. Il culmine à 4 327 mètres d'altitude dans les pics Collegiate. Il est protégé au sein de la forêt nationale de San Isabel.

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