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Name History (El Diente Peak)Title: Naming of El Diente Peak Entered by: 14erFred Added: 5/14/2010, Last Updated: 5/14/2010 Sources: Hart, J.L.J. (1977). Fourteen thousand feet: A history of the naming and early ascents of the high Colorado peaks (Second Edition). Denver, CO: The Colorado Mountain Club. El Diente, which is Spanish for the "the tooth," was named by San Juan mountaineer Dwight Lavender (c. 1911-1934) for its appearance from the south. The mountain had earlier been known locally as "The Jag" and "Montezuma Peak" (Hart, 1977, p. 38 ). |
