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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

After he watches it stumble, then fall dead on the ground — this is in the San Juan Mountains of Southern Colorado — he puts his head in his hand.

From New York Times Feb. 2, 2022

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

On, past Portneuf's basaltic heights, On where the San Juan Mountains lay, Through sunless days and starless nights, Toward Taos and far Sante Fé.

From The Log School-House on the Columbia by Butterworth, Hezekiah

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