Landsend Peak | |
Elevation Ft: | 10806 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence Ft: | 1286 |
Prominence Ref: | [2] |
Isolation Mi: | 2.38 |
Location: | Delta County, Colorado, United States |
Range: | West Elk Mountains |
Map: | Colorado |
Coordinates: | 38.7708°N -107.5517°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
Topo: | USGS 7.5' topographic map Paonia, Colorado |
Landsend Peak is a prominent wedge-shaped mountain located in the West Elk Mountains range northeast of Crawford, Colorado. The summit of Landsend Peak has an elevation of 10806feet rising dramatically about 4000feet above the valley below.[1] Together with nearby Mount Lamborn to the northeast (the highest point in Delta County), it delineates the western edge of the West Elk Mountains (and West Elk Wilderness), and the two massifs top out about 1miles higher than the adjacent North Fork Gunnison River.[1] Both peaks lie within the Gunnison National Forest near the physiographic boundary of the Rocky Mountains and the Colorado Plateau provinces. Geologically, Landsend Peak and Mount Lamborn are exposed igneous intrusions that geologists call laccoliths.[4]