Mount Oxford (Colorado)
Mountain in Colorado, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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| Mount Oxford | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 14,156.3 ft (4,314.8 m)[1] NAPGD2022 |
| Prominence | 653 ft (199 m)[2] |
| Isolation | 1.22 mi (1.96 km)[2] |
| Listing | Colorado Fourteener 26th |
| Coordinates | 38°57′53″N 106°20′20″W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Oxford | |
| Location | Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[4] |
| Parent range | Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks[2] |
| Topo map(s) | USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Harvard, Colorado[3] |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Via Mt. Belford: Hike, class 2[5] |
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]
- Mount Oxford [4]
- Oxford Peak
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