WHEELER PEAK


Meaning of WHEELER PEAK in English

highest point (13,161 ft ) in New Mexico, U.S., located in Taos County, 70 mi (113 km) north-northeast of Santa Fe, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and within the Carson National Forest. The peak was probably named for Maj. George M. Wheeler, who surveyed the area during the 1870s.

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