The Southern Rocky Mountains are a major subregion of the Rocky Mountains of

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located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Wyoming, the central and western portions of Colorado, the northern portion of New Mexico, and extreme eastern portions of Utah. The Southern Rocky Mountains are also commonly known as the Southern Rockies, and since the highest peaks are located in the State of Colorado, they are sometimes known as the Colorado Rockies, although many important ranges and peaks rise in the other three states. The Southern Rockies include the highest mountain ranges of the Rocky Mountains and include all 30 of the highest major peaks of the Rockies. The Southern Rocky Mountains are generally divided from the

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by the Green River and the Colorado River below the Green River. The Southern Rockies are divided from the

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by South Pass in Wyoming and the drainage running east from the pass down the Sweetwater River and the North Platte River; and the drainage running southwest from the pass down Pacific Creek and Sandy Creek to the Green River. This divide between the Southern Rockies and the Central Rockies provided the lowest elevation traverse of the

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for the historic Oregon Trail, the

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, and the

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. The southern end of the Rocky Mountains are considered to be the Jemez Mountains and the southern

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of New Mexico. Mountains south of here in N.M. are classified as the Arizona/New Mexico Mountains using the EPA Level III Ecoregions System. This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least 100 meters (328.1 feet) of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least 500 meters (1640.4 feet) of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least 1500 meters (4921.3 feet) of topographic prominence. All elevations in this article include an elevation adjustment from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 ( NGVD 29) to the

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( NAVD 88). For further information, please see this United States National Geodetic Surveybr>note
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Mountain ranges

The following table lists the mountain ranges and subranges of the Southern Rocky Mountains with their highest summit.

Mountain peaks

Highest summits

The following sortable table lists the 57 mountain peaks of the Southern Rocky Mountains with at least of topographic elevation and at least of topographic prominence.

Most prominent summits

The following sortable table lists the three ultra prominent summits of the Southern Rocky Mountains (with at least of topographic prominence.)

Most isolated summits

The following sortable table lists the 15 most topographically isolated peaks of the Southern Rocky Mountains with a topographic isolation of at least and a topographic prominence of at least .

Easternmost summits

The following sortable table lists progressively the easternmost Rocky Mountain

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of their respective elevation.

Mountain passes

The following sortable table lists the paved

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es and highway summits of the Southern Rocky Mountains.

Notes

References

External links

National Geodetic Survey (NGS)

NGS Datasheets

NGVD 29 to NAVD 88 online elevation converter @ NGS

Geodetic Glossary @ NGSUnited States Geological Survey (USGS)
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