Tabeguache Peak

Tabeguache Peak
Tabeguache Peak

Colorado

Highest point
Elevation 14,162 ft (4,317 m) [1][2]
Prominence 455 ft (139 m) [3]
Isolation 0.75 mi (1.21 km) [3]
Listing Colorado Fourteener 25th
Coordinates 38°37′32″N 106°15′03″W / 38.6254994°N 106.250855°W / 38.6254994; -106.250855Coordinates: 38°37′32″N 106°15′03″W / 38.6254994°N 106.250855°W / 38.6254994; -106.250855 [1]
Geography
Location Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[4]
Parent range Sawatch Range[3]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Saint Elmo, Colorado[1]
Climbing
Easiest route Hike

Tabeguache Peak is one of the fourteeners of the US state of Colorado. It is a near neighbor of the higher peak Mount Shavano, which lies approximately 1/2 mile (approximately 1 km) to the southeast, and is close to being a subpeak of the latter.[5] According to William Bright an American Linguist specialized in Native American and South Asian languages and descriptive linguistics it is pronounced "TAB-uh-wahch" (i/tæbəwɑːtʃ/).[6] According to Mountaineer Louis Dawson the name is pronounced "tab-uh-wash," with the accent on the first syllable.[7] It lies just east of the Continental Divide and just west of the Arkansas River, in the south-central part of the Sawatch Range. It is located within the San Isabel National Forest and is in Chaffee County.

Historical names

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "TABEGUACHE". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  2. ↑ The elevation of Tabeguache Peak includes an adjustment of +2.107 m (+6.91 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  3. 1 2 3 "Tabeguache Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Tabeguache Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  5. ↑ The topographic prominence of Tabeguache Peak is only 435 ft (133 m), and the usual cutoff for independence is 300 ft (91 m).
  6. ↑ William Bright (2004). Colorado Place Names. Johnson Books. ISBN 978-1555663339.
  7. ↑ Louis W. Dawson II (1994). Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1. Blue Clover Press. ISBN 0-9628867-1-8.


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