Mount Whitney, CA – Elevation 14,505, Prominence 10,079 – The highest point in the lower 48 states [OC][2429×1619]
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Original was/is available from http://i.imgur.com/nI2TuKC.jpg
Appropriate definitions, or not…
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth’s sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic system, vertical datum).
In topography, prominence characterizes the height of a mountain or hill’s summit by the vertical distance between it and the lowest contour line encircling with no higher summit.
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