Cerro de las Burras

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Cerro de las Burras
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South aspect
Highest point
Elevation 4,349 ft (1,326 m) [1]
Prominence 246 ft (75 m) [1]
Isolation 1.25 mi (2.01 km) [2]
Coordinates 29°24′35″N104°06′35″W / 29.4096304°N 104.1096331°W / 29.4096304; -104.1096331 [3]
Naming
Etymology Donkey Hill
Geography
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Cerro de las Burras
Location of Cerro de las Burras in Texas
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Cerro de las Burras
Cerro de las Burras (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State Texas
County Presidio
Protected area Big Bend Ranch State Park [4]
Parent range Bofecillos Mountains
Topo map USGS Agua Adentro Mountain
Geology
Rock age Oligocene (27 Ma)
Rock type Igneous rock
Volcanic arc Trans-Pecos Volcanic Field

Cerro de las Burras is a 4,349-foot-elevation (1,326-meter) summit in Presidio County, Texas, United States.

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Description

Cerro de las Burras is set in Big Bend Ranch State Park and the Chihuahuan Desert. The mountain is composed of 27.1 Ma basalt and tuff, overlaying 32 Ma conglomerate and sandstone. [4] Charles Christopher Parry walked to this mountain on August 24, 1852, during the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. [5] Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain is located in a hot arid climate zone with hot summers and mild winters. [6] Any scant precipitation runoff from the peak's slopes drains to the Rio Grande which is two miles (3.2 km) to the south. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,870 feet (570 m) above the river in two miles (3.2 km). The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. [3] The mountain's Spanish name translates as "Jenny Hill" as in jenny, a female donkey. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cerro de las Burras, Texas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Cerro de las Burras - 4,345' TX". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Cerro de las Burras". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  4. 1 2 The Other Side of Nowhere: Exploring Big Bend Ranch State Park and Its Flora, Roy Morey, Texas A&M University Press, 2024, ISBN   9781648431074.
  5. 1 2 From Presidio to the Pecos River: Surveying the United States–Mexico Boundary along the Rio Grande, 1852 and 1853, Orville B. Shelburne, University of Oklahoma Press, 2020, ISBN   9780806167930, p. 45.
  6. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN   1027-5606.
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