Collegiate Peaks

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Collegiate Peaks
central Sawatch Range
Range
Mount Harvard is the highest of the Collegiate Peaks and the third highest peak of all the Rocky Mountains.
Country	United States
State	Colorado

Part of	Rocky Mountains

Highest point	Mount Harvard
- elevation	14,427 ft (4,397 m)
- coordinates	38°55′28″N 106°19′15″W / 38.92444, -106.32083

Length	34 mi (55 km), W-E
Width	30 mi (48 km), N-S
Area	587 sq mi (1,520 km²)

The Collegiate Peaks are a subrange of the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains located in central Colorado. The Collegiate Peaks include some of the highest mountains in the Rockies. The range is so named because several of the mountains are named for prominent universities.

1 Prominent peaks
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Prominent peaks

Summits of the Collegiate Peaks With At Least 100 Meters of Topographic Prominence
Rank	Mountain Peak	Elevation	Prominence	Isolation
1	Mount Harvard NGS	4397.429 = 14,427 feet 4397 m	0709.270 = 2,327 feet 709 m	00024.01 = 14.9 miles 24.0 km
2	La Plata Peak^[1]	4379.216 = 14,368 feet 4379 m	0561.137 = 1,841 feet 561 m	00010.10 = 6.3 miles 10.1 km
3	Mount Belford NGS	4329.405 = 14,204 feet 4329 m	0401.422 = 1,317 feet 401 m	00005.31 = 3.3 miles 5.3 km
4	Mount Princeton NGS	4329.300 = 14,204 feet 4329 m	0663.550 = 2,177 feet 664 m	00008.36 = 5.2 miles 8.4 km
5	Mount Yale NGS	4328.810 = 14,202 feet 4329 m	0571.805 = 1,876 feet 572 m	00008.93 = 5.5 miles 8.9 km
6	Mount Oxford NGS	4315.900 = 14,160 feet 4316 m	0192.938 = 633 feet 193 m	00001.97 = 1.2 miles 2.0 km
7	Mount Columbia NGS	4291.410 = 14,079 feet 4291 m	0266.090 = 873 feet 266 m	00003.05 = 1.9 miles 3.1 km
8	Missouri Mountain NGS	4289.800 = 14,074 feet 4290 m	0252.070 = 827 feet 252 m	00002.11 = 1.3 miles 2.1 km
9	Huron Peak NGS	4270.810 = 14,012 feet 4271 m	0427.634 = 1,403 feet 428 m	00005.16 = 3.2 miles 5.2 km
10	Grizzly Peak NGS	4265.600 = 13,995 feet 4266 m	0581.558 = 1,908 feet 582 m	00010.89 = 6.8 miles 10.9 km
11	Ice Mountain^[1] PB	4254.302 = 13,958 feet 4254 m	0302.057 = 991 feet 302 m	00003.39 = 2.1 miles 3.4 km
12	Mount Hope^[1] PB	4248.700 = 13,939 feet 4249 m	0259.994 = 853 feet 260 m	00004.68 = 2.9 miles 4.7 km
13	Emerald Peak^[1] PB	4240.022 = 13,911 feet 4240 m	0165.811 = 544 feet 166 m	00002.09 = 1.3 miles 2.1 km
14	North Apostle^[1] PB	4220.476 = 13,847 feet 4220 m	0109.728 = 360 feet 110 m	00000.59 = 0.4 miles 0.6 km
15	Rinker Peak^[1] PB	4203.006 = 13,789 feet 4203 m	0275.234 = 903 feet 275 m	00002.46 = 1.5 miles 2.5 km
16	Peak 13,762^[1] PB	4196.729 = 13,769 feet 4197 m	0250.546 = 822 feet 251 m	00002.72 = 1.7 miles 2.7 km
17	Garfield Peak^[1] PB	4196.089 = 13,767 feet 4196 m	0103.632 = 340 feet 104 m	00001.34 = 0.8 miles 1.3 km
18	Sayres Benchmark NGS PB	4189.400 = 13,745 feet 4189 m	0291.998 = 958 feet 292 m	00003.09 = 1.9 miles 3.1 km