Mount Jackson (Colorado)

Mount Jackson
Mount Jackson
	East aspect
Highest point
Elevation	13,676 ft (4,168 m)
Prominence	1,810 ft (552 m)
Isolation	3.21 mi (5.17 km)
Listing	North America highest peaks 84th; US highest major peaks 67th; Colorado highest major peaks 33rd;
Coordinates	39°29′07″N 106°32′12″W / 39.4852538°N 106.5366718°W
Geography
	Mount Jackson Colorado
Location	Eagle County, Colorado, U.S.
Parent range	Sawatch Range
Topo map(s)	USGS 7.5' topographic map; Mount Jackson, Colorado

Mount Jackson is a high and prominent mountain summit in the northern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,676-foot (4,168 m) thirteener is located in the Holy Cross Wilderness of White River National Forest, 9.0 miles (14.5 km) west-southwest (bearing 247°) of the Town of Minturn in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The mountain was named in honor of photographer William Henry Jackson, who accompanied the Hayden Survey in the 1870s.^[4]^[5]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "MT JACKSON ET". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
^ ^a ^b The elevation of Mount Jackson includes an adjustment of +1.922 m (+6.31 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mount Jackson, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mount Jackson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 167.

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[NGS-1] "MT JACKSON ET". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved October 20, 2014.

[NAVD88-2] The elevation of Mount Jackson includes an adjustment of +1.922 m (+6.31 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.

[PB-3] "Mount Jackson, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.

[GNIS-4] "Mount Jackson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 29, 2014.

[5] Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 167.

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