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
Colorado Fourteener 26th
Coordinates38°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
class 2[5]

Mount Oxford is a

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. ^
    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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