Kitt Peak
| Kitt Peak | ||
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 Telescopes on the summit |
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| height | 2097 m | |
| location | Arizona , USA | |
| Mountains | Quinlan Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 31 ° 57 '50 " N , 111 ° 35' 59" W | |
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The Kitt Peak ( Ioligam in the language of the Tohono O'odham ) is a 2097 m high mountain in Pima County in the US state of Arizona . It serves as the location of the Kitt Peak National Observatory .
history
The mountain got its English name from the surveyor George J. Roskruge, who noted it on his map of Pima County from 1893 under the name Kits .