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Gothic Mountain is a prominent
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summit in the Elk Mountains range of the
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of North America. The peak is located in
Gunnison National Forest The Gunnison National Forest is a U.S. National Forest covering 1,672,136 acres (2,612.71 sq mi, or 6,766.89 km²) bearing 260°) of the
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of
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in Gunnison County,
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,
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. Gothic Mountain takes its name from its pinnacles said to resemble
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See also

* List of Colorado mountain ranges * List of Colorado mountain summits **
List of Colorado fourteeners This is a list of mountain peaks in the U.S. State of Colorado that exceed of elevation. In the mountaineering parlance of the Western United States, a ''fourteener'' is a mountain peak with an elevation of at least 14,000 feet. This is a co ...
** List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits **
List of the most prominent summits of Colorado The following sortable table comprises the 100 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea le ...
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List of Colorado county high points This is a list of all 64 counties of the U.S. State of Colorado by their points of highest elevation. Of the 50 highest county high points in the United States, 30 are located in Colorado. The highest point in Colorado is the summit of Mount ...


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Mountains of Colorado Mountains of Gunnison County, Colorado Gunnison National Forest North American 3000 m summits {{Colorado-geo-stub