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Mount Mestas

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Isolation
  
16.33 mi (26.28 km)

Prominence
  
679 m

Elevation
  
3,528 m

Parent range
  
Sangre de Cristo Range

Mount Mestas wwwmtmestascomimagesmestasmonumenttjpg

Listing
  
Colorado prominent summits

Location
  
Huerfano County, Colorado, U.S.

Topo map
  
USGS 7.5' topographic mapLa Veta Pass, Colorado

Mountain range
  
Sangre de Cristo Range, Front Range, Sangre de Cristo Mountains

Similar
  
East Spanish Peak, West Spanish Peak, Greenhorn Mountain, Mount Zwischen, Blanca Peak

Mount Mestas is a mountain summit in the southeastern Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,573-foot (3,527 m) peak is located 3.2 miles (5.1 km) southeast (bearing 131°) of North La Veta Pass in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was known as La Veta Peak until 1949 when it was renamed in honor of PFC Felix B. Mestas, Jr. who was killed in action during the Second World War.

Contents

Map of Mt Mestas, Colorado 81055, USA

Historical namesEdit

  • Mt. Baldy
  • Baldy Peak
  • La Veta Peak – 1908
  • Mount Mestas – 1949
  • Veta Mountain
  • Veta Peak

    • References

    Mount Mestas Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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