Mount Antero

Mount Antero
Mt. Antero seen from U.S. 285.
Highest point
Elevation14269.0 ft (4349.21 m)[1]
NAPGD2022
Prominence2503 ft (763 m)[2]
Isolation17.67 mi (28.4 km)[2]
Listing
Coordinates38°40′27″N 106°14′46″W / 38.6740954°N 106.2461864°W / 38.6740954; -106.2461864[3]
Geography
Mount Antero is located in Colorado
Mount Antero
Mount Antero
LocationChaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[4]
Parent rangeSawatch Range[2]
Topo maps
Climbing
Easiest routeWest Slopes: Hike, class 2[5]
Mt. Antero (at center-right), looking north from the summit of Mt. Shavano

Mount Antero (/ænˈtɛəroʊ/), historically called Antero Peak,[4] is the highest summit of the southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 14,269-foot (4349.21 m) fourteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 12.2 miles (19.6 km) southwest by south (bearing 208°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.[3][a][2][4] The mountain is named in honor of Chief Antero of the Uintah band of the Ute people.[6]

  1. ^ Ahlgren, Kevin; Van Westrum, Derek; Shaw, Brian (April 2024). "Moving mountains: reevaluating the elevations of Colorado mountain summits using modern geodetic techniques". Journal of Geodesy. 98 29. doi:10.1007/s00190-024-01831-8. Open access icon
  2. ^ a b c d "Mount Antero, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "MT ANTERO". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Mount Antero". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  5. ^ "Mt. Antero Routes". 14ers.com.
  6. ^ Dawson, John Frank (1954). Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 6.


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