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The Mount Sneffels Wilderness is a 
wilderness area
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in southwest Colorado
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managed by the Uncompahgre National Forest. It is about west of the town of Ouray. The area is named for Mt. Sneffels, which at is a prominent fourteener
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in the San Juan Mountains
The San Juan Mountains is a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. The area is highly mineralized (the Colorado Mineral Belt) and figured in the gold and silver mining industry ...
. The word "Sneffels" is likely an Americanization of the Old Norse word for Snæfell "snow mountain," which is also the namesake of the Snæfellsnes
The Snæfellsnes () is a peninsula situated to the west of Borgarfjörður, in western Iceland.
The Snæfellsjökull volcano, regarded as one of the symbols of Iceland, can be found in the area. With its height of 1446 m, it is the highest ...
peninsula and Snæfellsjökull volcano in Iceland.
References
Wilderness areas of Colorado San Juan Mountains (Colorado) Uncompahgre National Forest Protected areas of Ouray County, Colorado Protected areas of San Miguel County, Colorado Protected areas established in 1980 1980 establishments in Colorado {{Colorado-protected-area-stub