Italian Mountain

{{short description|Mountain in Colorado, United States}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Italian Mountain

| photo = Italian Mountain, Elk Mountains, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA 01.jpg

| photo_alt = Photo of Italian Mountain

| photo_caption = Italian Mountain viewed from the east.

| elevation_ft = 13385

| elevation_ref = {{cite ngs|pid=JL0891|name=ITALIAN|access-date=November 4, 2014}}The elevation of Italian Mountain includes an adjustment of +2.098 m (+6.88 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.

| prominence_ft = 1358

| prominence_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=16662|title=Italian Mountain, Colorado|access-date=November 4, 2014}}

| isolation_mi = 3.47

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| location = Gunnison County, Colorado, U.S.{{cite gnis|id=188796|name=Italian Mountain|access-date=November 4, 2014}}

| range = Elk Mountains

| map = Colorado

| map_caption = Colorado

| coordinates = {{coord|38.9453073|N|106.7523475|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| topo = USGS 7.5' topographic map
Pearl Pass, Colorado

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Italian Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The {{convert|13385|ft|0|adj=on}} thirteener is located in Gunnison National Forest, {{convert|21.3|km|order=flip}} east-northeast (bearing 66°) of the Town of Crested Butte in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. Italian Mountain was so named because the mountain's tones were said to resemble the colors of the Italian tricolor: green, white, and red.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n166 167]}}