Wilson Mount

Related to Wilson Mount: Mount Wilson Observatory

Wilson

, Mount

1. A mountain, 1,740 m (5,710 ft) high, in the San Gabriel Mountains of southwest California northeast of Pasadena. Its observatory was established in 1904.

2. A peak, 4,342 m (14,246 ft) high, in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado.

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