Raton Pass
Ratón Pass is a 7,834 ft elevation mountain pass on the Colorado–New Mexico border in the western United States. It is located on the eastern side of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains between Trinidad, Colorado and Raton, New Mexico, approximately 180 miles northeast of Santa Fe.
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 7,799 feet
- Description: mountain pass on the New Mexico-Colorado border in the United States
- Also known as: “Paso Raton”
Raton Pass
- Categories: rail mountain pass and landform
- Location: Colfax, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.99022° or 36° 59′ 25″ north
Longitude
-104.48275° or 104° 28′ 58″ west
Elevation
7,799 feet (2,377 metres)
Open location code
858QXGR8+3V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Raton Pass” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Raton Pass”
- Dutch: “Raton Pass”
- French: “Raton Pass”
- German: “Raton Pass”
- Italian: “Passo di Raton”
- Japanese: “ラトン峠”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Raton Pass”
- Norwegian: “Raton Pass”
- Russian: “Ратон (перевал)”
- Russian: “Ратон”
- Spanish: “Paso Ratón”
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Places to explore: Keota and Brilliant.
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Highlights: Bartlett Mesa and Morley Mine.
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