Mount Elbert

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fourteener mountain summit

Mount Elbert is the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains and the tallest mountain in Colorado, located in the Sawatch Range.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Mount Elbert, Colorado high point 1
Mount Elbert, the highest peak in Colorado 1
Mount Elbert, the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fourteener ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
summit ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Lake County, Colorado ⓘ
elevation 14440 ft ⓘ
4401 m ⓘ
firstAscentBy H. W. Stuckle ⓘ
firstAscentYear 1874 ⓘ
hasClimate alpine climate ⓘ
hasEasiestRoute hiking ⓘ
hasRoute East Ridge ⓘ
Northeast Ridge ⓘ
South Mount Elbert Trail ⓘ
hasSummitType rounded summit ⓘ
isAlsoKnownAs Mount Elbert ⓘ
surface form: Mount Elbert, Colorado high point
isHigherThan Mount Massive ⓘ
Pikes Peak ⓘ
isHighestPointOf Colorado ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Sawatch Range ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Southern Rocky Mountains
isOnContinent North America ⓘ
isPartOf San Isabel National Forest ⓘ
isPopularFor hiking ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
isSecondHighestPointOf contiguous United States ⓘ
isWithin Sawatch Range Wilderness region ⓘ
latitude 39.117° N ⓘ
listing Colorado fourteeners ⓘ
U.S. state high points ⓘ
Ultra-prominent peaks of the United States ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Sawatch Range ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
longitude 106.446° W ⓘ
mountainRange Sawatch Range ⓘ
namedAfter Samuel Hitt Elbert ⓘ
nearestCity Leadville, Colorado ⓘ
parentRange Rocky Mountains ⓘ
prominence 2778 m ⓘ
9118 ft ⓘ
state Colorado ⓘ
topographicIsolation 417 mi ⓘ
671 km ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Mount Elbert Trail → accesses → Mount Elbert ⓘ
this entity surface form: summit of Mount Elbert
Lake County, Colorado → contains → Mount Elbert ⓘ
Sawatch Range → contains → Mount Elbert ⓘ
Colorado → hasHighestPoint → Mount Elbert ⓘ
Mountain States → hasHighestPoint → Mount Elbert ⓘ
Colorado fourteeners → highestPeak → Mount Elbert ⓘ
Lake County, Colorado → highestPoint → Mount Elbert ⓘ
Rocky Mountains → highestPoint → Mount Elbert ⓘ
Sawatch Range → highestPoint → Mount Elbert ⓘ
Mount Elbert → isAlsoKnownAs → Mount Elbert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Elbert, Colorado high point
South Mount Elbert Trail → locatedOn → Mount Elbert ⓘ
Colorado fourteeners → notablePeak → Mount Elbert ⓘ
Mount Whitney → parentPeak → Mount Elbert ⓘ
Northeast Ridge → summits → Mount Elbert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Elbert, the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains
Northeast Ridge → summits → Mount Elbert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Elbert, the highest peak in Colorado