Matterhorn Peak
Matterhorn Peak is a high mountain summit in the San Juan Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,596-foot thirteener is located in the Uncompahgre Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 10.3 miles west by north of the Town of Lake City in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 13,514 feet
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Matterhorn Peak (Colorado)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wetterhorn Peak and Uncompahgre Peak.
Wetterhorn Peak
Peak
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Wetterhorn Peak is a fourteen thousand-foot 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, approximately 9 miles east of the town of Ouray and 2.75 mi west of Uncompahgre Peak.
Uncompahgre Peak
Peak
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Uncompahgre Peak is the sixth highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent 14,316-foot fourteener is the highest summit of the San Juan Mountains and the highest point in the drainage basin of the Colorado River and the Gulf of California.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitol City.
Capitol City
Locality
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Capitol City is an extinct silver mining town located in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States. Founded as Galena City in 1877, the townsite is located on the Alpine Loop National Scenic Back Country Byway.
Matterhorn Peak
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Hinsdale, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.06533° or 38° 3′ 55″ northLongitude
-107.49598° or 107° 29′ 46″ westElevation
13,514 feet (4,119 metres)Open location code
85CJ3G83+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 358924392OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Matterhorn Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Matterhorn Peak”
- Dutch: “Matterhorn Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ماتيرورن پياك”
- German: “Matterhorn Peak”
- Ladin: “Matterhorn Peak”
- Russian: “Маттерхорн Пик (Колорадо)”
- Russian: “Маттерхорн-Пик (Колорадо)”
- Russian: “Маттерхорн-Пик”
- Ukrainian: “Маттергорн-пік”
- Urdu: “میٹرہورن پیک”
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