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Gannett is the highest peak within what is better known as the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and is the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains outside of Colorado. The 896-acre (3.63 km 2) Gannett Glacier, which is likely the largest single glacier in the American portion of the Rocky Mountains, extends across the northern slopes of the mountain.
The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings. [d] [c] The second table below ranks the 40 most prominent summits of Wyoming. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.
Eagle Peak is a mountain in the Absaroka Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming and at 11,372 feet (3,466 m) is the highest point in Yellowstone National Park. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is located about 6 miles (9.7 km) east of the southeast arm of Yellowstone Lake .
The range runs roughly NW–SE for approximately 100 mi (160 km). The Continental Divide follows the crest of the range and includes Gannett Peak, which at 13,802 ft (4,207 m), is the highest peak in Wyoming; and also Fremont Peak at 13,750 ft (4,191 m), the third highest peak in Wyoming. There are more than 40 other named peaks in excess of ...
Medicine Bow Peak (12,018 ft (3,663 m)) is the highest peak in the Snowy Range, a part of the Medicine Bow Mountains, about 35 miles (56 km) west of Laramie, Wyoming. It lies within Medicine Bow National Forest and is the highest point in southern Wyoming.
Laramie Peak Is the highest and most prominent peak in the Laramie Range of Wyoming. With a peak elevation of 10,275 feet (3,132 m), [2] it is the only peak in the Laramie Range to exceed an elevation of 10,000 feet (3,000 m).
Cloud Peak is on the border between Johnson County and Big Horn County in Wyoming and is the high point of both counties. [2] As the high point of an isolated range, Cloud Peak has the greatest topographic prominence in the state, 7,077 feet (2,157 m), one foot more than the state's highest mountain, 13,810 foot (4,210 m) Gannett Peak, [3] and ...
Francs Peak, elevation 13,158 feet (4,011 m), is the highest point in the Absaroka Range which extends from north-central Wyoming into south-central Montana, in the United States. It is in the Washakie Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest , and the peak is also the highest point in Park County, Wyoming , which includes much of Yellowstone ...