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Mount Oxford (Colorado)

Coordinates: 38°57′53″N 106°20′20″W / 38.9648153°N 106.3388148°W / 38.9648153; -106.3388148
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Mount Oxford
Highest point
Elevation14,156.3 ft (4,314.8 m)[1]
NAPGD2022
Prominence653 ft (199 m)[2]
Isolation1.22 mi (1.96 km)[2]
ListingColorado Fourteener 26th
Coordinates38°57′53″N 106°20′20″W / 38.9648153°N 106.3388148°W / 38.9648153; -106.3388148[3]
Geography
Mount Oxford is located in Colorado
Mount Oxford
Mount Oxford
LocationChaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[4]
Parent rangeSawatch Range,
Collegiate Peaks[2]
Topo map(s)USGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Harvard, Colorado[3]
Climbing
Easiest routeVia Mt. Belford: Hike, class 2[5]

Mount Oxford is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,156.3-foot (4,315 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.[3][2][4]

Mount Oxford (north aspect)
Mt. Oxford from Twin Lakes turnoff from US 24

Mountain

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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.[6]

Historical names

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  • Mount Oxford [4]
  • Oxford Peak

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ahlgren, Kevin; Van Westrum, Derek; Shaw, Brian (April 2024). "Moving mountains: reevaluating the elevations of Colorado mountain summits using modern geodetic techniques". Journal of Geodesy. 98 29. doi:10.1007/s00190-024-01831-8. Open access icon
  2. ^ a b c d "Mount Oxford, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "MT OXFORD". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Mount Oxford". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  5. ^ "Mt. Oxford Routes". 14ers.com.
  6. ^ "Mount Oxford". Summitpost.org.
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