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Record SL-636522 · Wikidata Q14951222

Fishers Peak

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Elevation
2,920 m
9,580 ft
Prominence
1,847 m
Isolation
49.9 km
Coordinates
37.0984° N, 104.4628° W
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Fishers Peak
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Description

Wikipedia

Fishers Peak is a spur of the Ratón Mesa, which reaches the highest elevation of the collective mesas of the Ratón formation commencing at the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, a subset of the Rocky Mountains, from the west, 90 miles eastward to the Oklahoma border. Ratón Mesas include Black Mesa, Johnson Mesa, and Mesa de Maya. The prominent 9,633-foot (2,936 m) mesa is located 5.5 miles (8.8 km) south by east (bearing 163°) of the Town of Trinidad in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. Fishers Peak is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude.

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Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Osita Point 2,475 m NW 294° 1.9 km
Fishers Peak Mesa 2,887 m SE 148° 2.2 km