Mestas, Mount (Colo.)
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Name (Latin)
Mestas, Mount (Colo.)
Other forms of name
Baldy Peak (Colo.)
La Veta Peak (Colo.)
Mount Mestas (Colo.)
Veta Mountain (Colo.)
Veta Peak (Colo.)
Coordinates
-105.147 -105.147 37.5828 37.5828 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Mountains Colorado
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q14684996
Library of congress:
sh2001010629
Sources of Information
- Work cat: William Henry Jackson Papers Digital Library Collection, 2001:Item 935 (La Veta Mountain)
- Getty, Oct. 11, 2001(Mestas, Mount (peak) Huerfano County, Colorado Variant Names: Baldy Peak, La Veta Peak, Veta Mountain, Veta Peak 37⁰34ʹN, 105⁰08ʹW);
- GNIS, Oct. 11, 2001(Mestas, Mount, summit, Huerfano County, Colorado, Variant names: Baldy Peak, La Veta Peak, Veta Mountain, Veta Peak 37⁰34ʹ58ʺN, 105⁰08ʹ48ʺW)
Wikipedia description:
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.
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