Mount Oklahoma

Mount Oklahoma
Mount Oklahoma

Colorado

Highest point
Elevation 13,852 ft (4,222 m) [1][2]
Prominence 745 ft (227 m) [2]
Isolation 1.52 mi (2.45 km) [2]
Parent peak Mount Massive[2]
Coordinates 39°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 [3]
Geography
Location Continental Divide between Lake and Pitkin counties, Colorado, United States[3]
Parent range Sawatch Range, Massive Massif[2]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Champion, Colorado[3]

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.[1][2][3] The mountain was named in honor of the University of Oklahoma.

Historical names

See also

References

  1. 1 2 The elevation of Mount Oklahoma includes an adjustment of +2.139 m (+7.02 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mount Oklahoma, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mount Oklahoma". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 6, 2014.

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