Mount Oklahoma

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Mount Oklahoma
Mount Oklahoma is located in Colorado
Mount Oklahoma
Mount Oklahoma
Colorado
Highest point
Elevation13,852 ft (4,222 m)[2][3]
Prominence745 ft (227 m)[3]
Parent peakMount Massive[3]
Isolation1.52 mi (2.45 km)[3]
Coordinates39°10′44″N 106°30′22″W / 39.1788784°N 106.5061402°W / 39.1788784; -106.5061402Coordinates: 39°10′44″N 106°30′22″W / 39.1788784°N 106.5061402°W / 39.1788784; -106.5061402[1]
Geography
LocationContinental Divide between Lake and Pitkin counties, Colorado, United States[1]
Parent rangeSawatch Range, Massive Massif[3]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Champion, Colorado[1]

Mount Oklahoma is a high mountain summit in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,852-foot (4,222 m) thirteener is located 5.7 miles (9.2 km) northeast by north (bearing 33°) of Independence Pass, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating the Mount Massive Wilderness in San Isabel National Forest and Lake County from the Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness in White River National Forest and Pitkin County.[2][3][1] The mountain was named in honor of the University of Oklahoma.

Mountain[]

Historical names[]

  • Mount Oklahoma – 1967 [1]
  • Oklahoma Mount

See also[]

  • List of Colorado mountain ranges
  • List of Colorado mountain summits
    • List of Colorado fourteeners
    • List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
    • List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
  • List of Colorado county high points

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Mount Oklahoma". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b The elevation of Mount Oklahoma includes an adjustment of +2.139 m (+7.02 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Mount Oklahoma, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 6, 2014.

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