Mount Mestas

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Mount Mestas
Veta Pass.JPG
A view of Mount Mestas from Old La Veta Pass.
Highest point
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Listing Colorado prominent summits
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Geography
Mount Mestas is located in Colorado
Mount Mestas
Mount Mestas
Location Huerfano County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent range Sangre de Cristo Range[2]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
La Veta Pass, Colorado[3]

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.[1][2][3] 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.[3]

Mountain

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Historical names

  • Mt. Baldy
  • Baldy Peak
  • La Veta Peak – 1908 [3]
  • Mount Mestas – 1949 [3]
  • Veta Mountain
  • Veta Peak

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The elevation of Mount Mestas includes an adjustment of +1.372 m (+4.50 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
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