- Matterhorn Peak (Colorado)
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For the peak in the Bernese Alps, see Matterhorn.
Matterhorn Peak Elevation 13,590 ft (4,142 m) Location Location Hinsdale / Ouray counties, Colorado, USA Range San Juan Mountains Coordinates 38°03′54.83″N 107°29′46.86″W / 38.0652306°N 107.49635°W Topo map USGS Matterhorn Peak Matterhorn Peak is a mountain peak in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Uncompahgre Wilderness of the northern San Juan Mountains, in northwestern Hinsdale County and southeastern Ouray County, 8.75 miles (14 km) east of the town of Ouray. It lies 2 mi (3.2 km) west of Uncompahgre Peak.[1]
Matterhorn Peak, and its neighbor Wetterhorn Peak, 14,015 ft (4,272 m), are named after the Matterhorn and the Wetterhorn, two famous peaks in the Swiss Alps. Both Colorado peaks are pointed rock spires (hence slightly resembling their namesake peaks), whose shapes contrast with the broad bulk of the higher Uncompahgre Peak.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Wetterhorn Peak and Matterhorn Peak on Summitpost". http://www.summitpost.org/parent/150331/wetterhorn-peak-colorado.html. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ^ Louis W. Dawson II, Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 2, Blue Clover Press, ISBN 0-9628867-2-6, pp. 115-121.
External links
Categories:- Geography of Hinsdale County, Colorado
- Mountains of Colorado
- Mountains of Ouray County, Colorado
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