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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
Highest point
Elevation14,160 ft (4,316 m)[1][2]
Prominence653 ft (199 m)[3]
Isolation1.22 mi (1.96 km)[3]
ListingColorado Fourteener 26th
Coordinates38°57′53″N 106°20′20″W[1]
Geography
Mount Oxford
Colorado
LocationChaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[4]
Parent rangeSawatch Range,
Collegiate Peaks[3]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Harvard, Colorado[1]
Climbing
Easiest routeHike and scramble

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



See also



References


  1. "MT OXFORD". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  2. The elevation of Mount Oxford includes an adjustment of +2.042 m (+6.70 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  3. "Mount Oxford, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  4. "Mount Oxford". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  5. "Mount Oxford". Summitpost.org.



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Le mont Oxford, en anglais Mount Oxford, est un sommet montagneux américain dans le comté de Chaffee, au Colorado. Il culmine à 4 314 mètres d'altitude dans les pics Collegiate. Il est protégé au sein de la forêt nationale de San Isabel et de la Collegiate Peaks Wilderness.



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