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Uinta Mountains

American  
[yoo-in-tuh] / juˈɪn tə /

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in NE Utah, part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Kings Peak, 13,498 feet (4,115 meters).


Uinta Mountains British  
/ jʊˈɪntə /

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in NE Utah: part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak: Kings Peak, 4123 m (13 528 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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He used Facebook to advertise guided hikes in Utah’s Uinta Mountains.

From Salon Jan. 7, 2025

Schmidt purchased a $1.4 million “Mountain Modern” custom home in Kamas, Utah, with five bedrooms, seven baths and a “stunning” view of the Uinta Mountains, according to property records and real estate listings.

From Seattle Times Feb. 11, 2021

On any given weeknight, they travel back and forth across the pitch-black basin situated below the snow-capped Uinta Mountains providing much-needed aid.

From National Geographic Dec. 30, 2020

It involved deeper crustal rocks and produced bulges that would become mountain ranges like the Rockies, Black Hills, Wind River Range, Uinta Mountains, and the San Rafael Swell.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2017

The occurrence of these ground squirrels in Rich, Summit and Daggett counties suggests that they occur along the entire northern piedmont of the Uinta Mountains.

From Additional Records and Extensions of Known Ranges of Mammals from Utah by Durrant, Stephen D.

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