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Place Name
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Sawatch Mountains
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Place Status (Type)
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mountain range
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Location
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Colorado, United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Sawatch Mountains
, range of Rocky Mts. in central Colo.,
extending c.100 mi/161 km S from Eagle R. to
Saguache town; bounded E by Arkansas R. (its source is in NE part of
range), W by Elk Mts. Prominent peaks include Ouray Mt.
(13,971 ft/4,258 m), Mt. of the Holy Cross
(14,005 ft/4,269 m), Grizzly Mt.
(13,723 ft/4,183 m), Shavano Peak
(14,229 ft/4,337 m), Mt. Antero
(14,269 ft/4,349 m), La Plata Peak
(14,361 ft/4,377 m), Mt. Massive
(14,421 ft/4,396 m), Mt. Elbert
(14,433 ft/4,399 m.; highest point in Colo.).
Part of range just N of St. Elmo, is known as Collegiate Range;
includes Mt. Yale (14,196 ft/4,327 m), Mt.
Princeton (14,197 ft/4,327 m), and Mt. Harvard
(14,420 ft/4,395 m). Independence Pass
(12,095 ft/3,687 m), near Mt. Massive, is
crossed by highway, as is Hagerman Pass
(11,925 ft/3,635 m), bet. Lake and Pitkin cos.
Monarch Pass (11,312 ft/3,448 m) is W of
Salida and crossed by highway. Marshall Pass
(10,846 ft/3,306 m) is SW of Salida and serves
RR. Range is penetrated 10 mi/16 km W of
Leadville by Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel
(9,394 ft/2,863 m long), constructed as RR
tunnel (1890) and now used by state road. Twin Lakes Tunnel, near Twin
Lakes village, is unit in water-diversion project. Covered mainly by
San Isabel, White R. and Gunnison natl. forests.
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