Mount Oxford (Colorado)
| Mount Oxford | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 14,160 ft (4,316 m)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 653 ft (199 m)[3] |
| Isolation | 1.22 mi (1.96 km)[3] |
| Listing | Colorado Fourteener 26th |
| Coordinates | 38°57′53″N 106°20′20″W / 38.9648153°N 106.3388148°WCoordinates: 38°57′53″N 106°20′20″W / 38.9648153°N 106.3388148°W[1] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Oxford Colorado | |
| Location | Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[4] |
| Parent range | Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks[3] |
| Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Harvard, Colorado[1] |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Hike and scramble |
Mount Oxford is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,160-foot (4,316 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 14.2 miles (22.9 km) northwest (bearing 311°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named in honor of the University of Oxford.[1][2][3][4]
Mountain[]
Mount Oxford lies 1.2 miles (2.0 km) east by north of the slightly higher Mount Belford. For this reason it is often climbed in combination with Mount Belford.[5]
Historical names[]
- Mount Oxford [4]
- Oxford Peak
See also[]
- List of mountain peaks of Colorado
- List of Colorado fourteeners
References[]
- ^ a b c d "MT OXFORD". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
- ^ a b The elevation of Mount Oxford includes an adjustment of +2.042 m (+6.70 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
- ^ a b c d "Mount Oxford, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Mount Oxford". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- ^ "Mount Oxford". Summitpost.org.
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