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Location of Kearsarge
editI would not say that Kearsarge is in the "southern fringe" of the White Mountains. The White Mountains extend as far south as the Sandwich Range, so Kearsarge is hardly on the southern fringe. Comments? JJ 11:53, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
- Well, it's just north of the boundary of the WMNF, and east of Rte. 16 there aren't many mountains further south. Cranmore is about it. But it's true that the western White Mountains extend considerably further south. But I'm not wedded to hte phrase.
- —wwoods 18:25, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
- How about the entire Sandwich Range, including Chocorua? I'm glad there's no real disagreement. JJ 18:50, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
- I'd rather keep "fringe" than southern"; the point being that it's on the edge of the White Mountains region. Maybe "southeastern fringe"? Or something.
- —wwoods 21:24, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
- It's important to be using a consistent definition. Please see White Mountains (New Hampshire) where the Sandwich Range is included. Chocorua is at least ten miles south of Kearsarge. So, to me, Kearsarge is not on the "southern fringe." Please note that I changed "southern fringe" to "southern region." I might also argue to take out the whole sentence. I would consider "southeastern region." Or, I would consider "eastern fringe." This may not be a convincing argument, but for purposes of "White Mountain paintings" we include everything as far south as Lake Winnipesaukee. I welcome some other opinions. JJ 22:45, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
- There's no question that quite a lot of the White Mountains are at lower latitudes than Kearsarge. The long axis of the region doesn't quite run east-west. I just meant that if you start at Kearsarge and go south or east, you'll be out of the White Mountains before you've gone far. White Mountains Region says,"The southern boundary of the region begins at Piermont on the west, and runs to Plymouth, then to Conway, and east to the Maine border."
- —wwoods 23:33, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
- Can we compromise on "eastern fringe?" JJ 00:03, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Prominence
editAccording to Peakbagger.com (http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6988), the prominence of Mount Kearsarge is 1748' (clean) and 1768' (optimistic). This is clearly much more accurate than the current figure of 1100' so I have edited it accordingly. Beowulf (talk) 20:45, 20 September 2011 (UTC)