Cronin Peak

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Elevation13,877 ft (4,230 m)[1][2]
Prominence1,050 ft (320 m)[2]
Isolation2.39 mi (3.85 km)[2]
Coordinates38°39′20″N 106°17′00″W / 38.65545°N 106.28341°W / 38.65545; -106.28341[3]
Cronin Peak
Photo of Cronin Peak
Cronin Peak viewed from the southwest
Highest point
Elevation13,877 ft (4,230 m)[1][2]
Prominence1,050 ft (320 m)[2]
Isolation2.39 mi (3.85 km)[2]
Coordinates38°39′20″N 106°17′00″W / 38.65545°N 106.28341°W / 38.65545; -106.28341[3]
Geography
Cronin Peak is located in Colorado
Cronin Peak
Cronin Peak
LocationChaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent rangeSawatch Range[2]
Topo map(s)USGS 7.5' topographic map
Saint Elmo, Colorado[3]

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]

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