Mount_Jackson_(Colorado) Knowpia

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	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.