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Show TALLEST MOUNTAIN OP UTAH 13,498 FEET HIGH Utah has six mountain peaks which rise more than 13,000 feet above sea level, according to the United States geological survey. The highest mountain moun-tain in the state is King's peak, with an elevation of 13,498 feet, butMt. Emmons and Gilbert peaks are also lofty mountains, 13,428 and 13, 422 feet, respectively. The other peaks rising above 13,000 are Mount Loven it. 13,250 feet; Tokewanna peak, 13,-200 13,-200 feet, and Wilson peak 13,095 feet. King's peak, the highest point in Utah, is situated about twenty-five miles north of Roosevelt, in the Uintah Uin-tah mountains, on the border line between Wasatch and Summit counties. coun-ties. Most of the other high points mentioned are along this backbone of the Rockies. There are a number of high mountain moun-tain peaks in various parts of the state. In western Tooele, Ibapah mountain attains 12,101 feet; in La Sal mountains in Grand county there are a number of peaks above 12.000 feet. Belknap peak near Marysvale is 12,200 feet high. The Twin peaks near Salt Lake are credited with an elevation of 11,563 feet, and Mount Timpanogos, 11,947. The highest point in the Oquirrh Is Lewiston peak ten miles south of Bingham, which is 10.623 feet high. |