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Also known as Mountain West, Interior West, Rocky Mountain States

region of the United States

Key facts

Country
United States
Census region
Western United States
Subregions
Southwest , Intermountain , Front Range
States
Arizona , Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Nevada , New Mexico , Utah , Wyoming
Largest city
Phoenix
Total
855,767 sq mi (2,216,426 km )
Highest elevation mount elbert
14,439 ft (4,401 m)

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

The Teton Mountain Range in Wyoming, a subset of the Rocky Mountains Map of the Rocky Mountains of western North America

The Mountain states (also known as the Mountain West or the Interior West) form one of the nine geographic divisions of the United States that are officially recognized by the United States Census Bureau. It is a subregion of the Western United States.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mountain States” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

On the map

11 mapped locations