Cronin Peak is a high mountain summit in the southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,877-foot (4,230 m) thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 12.9 miles (20.8 km) southwest by west (bearing 241°) of the community of Nathrop in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.[1][2] Cronin Peak was named in honor of Mary Cronin, who in 1934 become the first woman to climb all 53 Colorado fourteeners.[3]
Mountain
See also
- List of Colorado mountain ranges
- List of Colorado mountain summits
- List of Colorado county high points
References
- ^ a b The elevation of Cronin Peak includes an adjustment of +2.168 m (+7.11 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
- ^ a b c d e "Cronin Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Cronin Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
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