Mount Elbert Mount Elbert Mount Elbert is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado and the entire Mississippi River drainage basin. The ultra-prominent fourteener is the highest peak in the Sawatch Range and the second-highest summit in the contiguous United States after Mount Whitney. Mount Elbert is located in San Isabel National Forest, southwest (bearing 223°) of the City of Leadville in Lake County, Colorado. The mountain was named in honor of a Colorado statesman, Samuel Hitt Elbert, who was active in the formative period of the state and
Mount Gongga Mount Gongga Mount Gongga (), also known as Minya Konka (Khams Tibetan pinyin: "Mi'nyâg Gong'ga Riwo"), is the highest mountain in Sichuan province, China. It is also known to locals as "The King of Sichuan Mountains". Situated in the Daxue Shan mountain range, between Dadu River and Yalong River, part of the Hengduan mountainous region, Mount Gongga is the easternmost peak in the world and the third highest peak outside the Himalaya/Karakoram, after Tirich Mir and Kongur Tagh. The peak has large vertical relief over the deep nearby gorges. According to an early remote measurement of the mountain, then called