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Mount_Oxford_(Colorado) Latitude and Longitude:
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
Elevation14,160 ft (4,316 m) [1] [2]
Prominence653 ft (199 m) [3]
Isolation1.22 mi (1.96 km) [3]
Listing Colorado Fourteener 26th
Coordinates 38°57′53″N 106°20′20″W / 38.9648153°N 106.3388148°W / 38.9648153; -106.3388148 [1]
Geography
Mount Oxford is located in Colorado
Mount Oxford
Mount Oxford
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 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 14,160-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]

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

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. [6]

Historical names

  • Mount Oxford [4]
  • Oxford Peak

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "MT OXFORD". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  2. ^ a b The elevation of Mount Oxford includes an adjustment of +2.042 m (+6.70 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  3. ^ a b c d "Mount Oxford, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. 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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