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Tijeras Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,610-foot (4,148 m) thirteener is located 9.8 miles (15.8 km) southeast by east (bearing 120°) of the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, United States, in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness on the boundary between Great Sand Dunes National Preserve and Rio Grande National Forest.[1][2][3] Tijeras Peak is the highest summit in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.[4] Tijeras is Spanish for scissors, and refers to the double-pronged rocky tip of the mountain.

Tijeras Peak
Tijeras Peak Colorado
Highest point
Elevation	13,610 ft (4,148 m)[1][2]
Prominence	744 ft (227 m)[2]
Isolation	1.70 mi (2.74 km)[2]
Coordinates	37°55′28″N 105°32′25″W[3]
Geography
Location	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Saguache County, Colorado, United States[3]
Parent range	Sangre de Cristo Range[2]
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map Crestone Peak, Colorado[3]

Mountain

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Historical names

• Tijeras Peak – 1970 [3]
• Tiseras Peak

See also

• List of Colorado mountain ranges
• List of Colorado mountain summits
  • List of Colorado fourteeners
  • List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
  • List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
• List of Colorado county high points

References

External links

• summitpost.org

На других языках

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- [en] Tijeras Peak

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[fr] Pic Tijeras

Le pic Tijeras, en anglais Tijeras Peak, est un sommet montagneux américain dans le comté de Saguache, au Colorado. Il culmine à 4 146 mètres d'altitude dans le chaînon Sangre de Cristo. Il est situé dans la Sangre de Cristo Wilderness à la frontière de la forêt nationale de Rio Grande et de la réserve nationale des Great Sand Dunes, dont il est le point culminant.

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[ru] Тихерас-Пик

Тихерас-Пик (англ. Tijeras Peak[2]) — горная вершина в хребте Сангре-де-Кристо Скалистых гор Северной Америки. Четырёхтысячник высотой 4146 метров расположен примерно в 16 километрах к юго-востоку от городка Крестон[en] в округе Сауач, штат Колорадо, США. на границе между национальным парком Грейт-Санд-Дьюнс и национальным лесом Рио-Гранде[1]. Тихерас-Пик является самой высокой точкой национального парка Грейт-Санд-Дьюнс[3].

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