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San Juan Mountains

American  

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in SW Colorado and N New Mexico: a part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Uncompahgre Peak, 14,306 feet (4,360 meters).


San Juan Mountains British  

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in SW Colorado and N New Mexico: part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak: Uncompahgre Peak, 4363 m (14 314 ft)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A hunter found his body and a very protective Finney in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado on Oct.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023

About 300 miles and two weeks later, Mr. Lee met up with her in the San Juan Mountains near Silverton, Colo. and they hiked together for the rest of the trip.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2021

Packer, a prospector and wilderness guide, led five men into the San Juan Mountains of Colorado in February 1874 in search of gold.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2021

SnowEx researchers chose a high-elevation, snowy plateau in Grand Mesa, Colo., and the Senator Beck Basin in the western San Juan Mountains to conduct their study.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2017

The stream rises in a spur of the San Juan Mountains, near the remote mining-camp called Parrott City.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 by Various

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