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Places this kit covers (7)
Elevations
Trail Ridge Road (Colorado, USA)
- Figure
- 12,183 feet (about 3,710 m)
- It is
- the road’s highest point
- Source
- National Park Service, Rocky Mountain: Road Status (last updated 6 October 2026)
- Source read
- 21 October 2026
Great Sand Dunes (Colorado, USA)
- Figure
- 8,200 feet (2,499 m)
- It is
- the visitor center
- Source
- National Park Service, Great Sand Dunes: Safety (last updated 1 May 2025)
- Source read
- 21 October 2026
Machu Picchu (Peru)
- Figure
- 2,445 m (about 8,020 ft)
- It is
- the site
- Source
- PromPerú (Spanish page)
- Source read
- 21 October 2026
Cusco, the usual gateway to Machu Picchu (Peru)
- Figure
- over 3,399 m (11,150 ft)
- It is
- the city
- Source
- PromPerú
- Source read
- 21 October 2026
Mount Bromo (Indonesia)
- Figure
- 2,329 m (about 7,640 ft)
- It is
- the volcano
- Source
- Badan Geologi (PVMBG), MAGMA Indonesia, daily report of 20 October 2026
- Source read
- 21 October 2026
Mount Fuji (Japan)
- Figure
- 3,776 m (about 12,390 ft)
- It is
- the summit
- Source
- Council for Promoting the Appropriate Use of Mt. Fuji
- Source read
- 21 October 2026
The Grossglockner High Alpine Road (Austria)
- Figure
- 2,504 m (about 8,215 ft)
- It is
- the Hochtor, the road’s highest point
- Source
- Großglockner Hochalpenstraßen AG
- Source read
- 21 October 2026
The South Pole (Antarctica)
- Figure
- 2,835 m (about 9,300 ft)
- It is
- the pole, on the ice sheet
- Source
- US National Science Foundation, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
- Source read
- 21 October 2026
Feet are converted from metres, or metres from feet, and rounded; the source’s own unit comes first. For Trail Ridge Road and the Grossglockner, the figure is the road’s highest point.
Sources are named in each item, with the date we read them; a few come from our own place entries, which carry their sources. Rules and seasons change; the place’s own entry and the authority’s page have the latest.