Columbia Point
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Columbia Point is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The Script error: No such module "convert". thirteener is located Script error: No such module "convert". east by south (bearing 102°) of the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3] The Crestones are a cluster of high summits in the Sangre de Cristo Range, comprising Crestone Peak, Crestone Needle, Kit Carson Peak, Challenger Point, Humboldt Peak, and Columbia Point.
Columbia Point is subpeak of Kit Carson Mountain. It was known informally as Kat Carson, but was officially named Columbia Point in 2003 to honor the seven astronauts who died when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry on February 1, 2003. With a topographic prominence over Script error: No such module "convert"., it qualifies as a separate summit under the standard cutoff, but it is not a well-known peak.
The Memorial
The USGS Board of Geographic Names approved the name of Columbia Point in June, 2003. On the weekend of August 7, 2003, a group consisting of family members, astronauts, friends and climbers installed a memorial plaque on the summit. The trip included a dedication service for the memorial, and an F16 flyby in missing man formation.
The plaque reads:
Historical names
- Columbia Point – 2003 [3]
- East Summit
- Kat Carson Mountain
See also
- Challenger Point
- Crestones
- List of Colorado mountain ranges
- List of Colorado mountain summits
- List of Colorado county high points
References
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