Steel Mountain is the highest point in

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and the second highest point in the

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at an elevation of . It is located from Two Point Mountain, the highest point in the range and its

line parent A peak's line parent is the closest higher peak on the highest ridge leading away from the peak's "key col". A col is the lowest point on the ridge between two summits and is roughly synonymous with pass, gap, saddle and notch. The highest col ...

, giving it a prominence of .

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