Mount Oklahoma | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,852 ft (4,222 m)[1][2] |
Prominence | 745 ft (227 m)[2] |
Parent peak | Mount Massive[2] |
Isolation | 1.52 mi (2.45 km)[2] |
Coordinates | 39°10′44″N 106°30′22″W / 39.1788784°N 106.5061402°W[3] |
Geography | |
Location | Continental Divide between Lake and Pitkin counties, Colorado, United States[3] |
Parent range | Sawatch Range, Massive Massif[2] |
Topo map(s) | USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Champion, Colorado[3] |
Mount Oklahoma is a high mountain summit in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,852-foot (4,222 m) thirteener is located 5.7 miles (9.2 km) northeast by north (bearing 33°) of Independence Pass, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating the Mount Massive Wilderness in San Isabel National Forest and Lake County from the Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness in White River National Forest and Pitkin County.[1][2][3] The mountain was named in honor of the University of Oklahoma.