Iron Mountain (Sangre de Cristo Range)

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Iron Mountain
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The mountain in 2022
Highest point
Elevation 11,416 ft (3,480 m) [1] [2]
Prominence 1,951 ft (595 m) [2]
Isolation 6.95 mi (11.18 km) [2]
Listing Colorado prominent summits
Coordinates 37°38′15″N105°15′14″W / 37.6375066°N 105.2538925°W / 37.6375066; -105.2538925 [3]
Geography
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Iron Mountain
Location Costilla and Huerfano counties, Colorado, United States [3]
Parent range Sangre de Cristo Range [2]
Topo map(s) USGS 7.5' topographic map
Red Wing, Colorado [3]

Iron Mountain is a prominent mountain summit in the southern Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,416-foot (3,480 m) peak is located 3.9 miles (6.2 km) west-northwest (bearing 296°) of the North La Veta Pass, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Costilla and Huerfano counties. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 The elevation of Iron Mountain includes an adjustment of +1.436 m (+4.71 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Iron Mountain, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Iron Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved October 20, 2014.