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It lies in Summit County and within the White River National Forest about 6 miles (10 km) south-southwest of the town of Breckenridge. The standard route up Quandary Peak is a trail hike ( class 1 ), starting from a trailhead about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Hoosier Pass and climbing the east ridge.
With a topographic prominence of 20,194 feet (6,155 m) [3] and a topographic isolation (the distance to the nearest peak of equal or greater height) of 4,621.1 miles (7,436.9 km), [3] Denali is the third most prominent and third-most isolated peak on Earth, after Mount Everest and Aconcagua.
4.810 km – height of Mont Blanc, highest peak in the Alps; 4.884 km – height of Carstensz Pyramid, highest peak in Oceania [146] 4.892 km – height of Mount Vinson, highest peak in Antarctica; 5.610 km – height of Mount Damavand, highest peak in Iran; 5.642 km – height of Mount Elbrus, highest peak in Europe; 5.895 km – height of ...
The community of Twin Lakes lies at the base of Mount Elbert, Denver is about 130 miles (209 km) to the east, Vail is 50 miles (80 km) to the north, and Aspen is 40 miles (64 km) to the west. Leadville, about 16 miles (26 km) to the northeast, is the nearest large town. [7] Elbert's parent peak is Mount Whitney in California. [8]
The closest sea to Mount Everest's summit is the Bay of Bengal, almost 700 km (430 mi) away. To approximate a climb of the entire height of Mount Everest, one would need to start from this coastline, a feat accomplished by Tim Macartney-Snape's team in 1990. Climbers usually begin their ascent from base camps above 5,000 m (16,404 ft).
Using an interval of 30 mi (50 km), the length is about 2,100 mi (3,400 km). The coastline paradox states that a coastline does not have a well-defined length. Measurements of the length of a coastline behave like a fractal , being different at different scale intervals (distance between points on the coastline at which measurements are taken).
The station orbits the Earth at an average altitude of 400 kilometres (250 miles) [12] and circles the Earth in roughly 93 minutes, completing 15.5 orbits per day. [13] The ISS programme combines two previously planned crewed Earth-orbiting stations: the United States' Space Station Freedom and the Soviet Union's Mir-2.
The average width of continental shelves is about 80 km (50 mi). The depth of the shelf also varies, but is generally limited to water shallower than 100 m (330 ft). [ 16 ] The slope of the shelf is usually quite low, on the order of 0.5°; vertical relief is also minimal, at less than 20 m (66 ft).