Jacalitos Hills

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Jacalitos Hills
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Jacalitos Hills as seen from California State Route 198.
Highest point
Elevation 576 m (1,890 ft)
Geography
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Jacalitos Hills
Location of Jacalitos Hills in California [1]
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
District Fresno County
Range coordinates 36°5′29.847″N120°23′57.545″W / 36.09162417°N 120.39931806°W / 36.09162417; -120.39931806
Topo map USGS  Curry Mountain
Biome California interior chaparral and woodlands
Geology
Rock type California Coast Ranges

The Jacalitos Hills are a low mountain range in western Fresno County, central California. [1] They are located south of Coalinga, California.

They are in the Southern Inner California Coast Ranges. Habitats of the hills are in the California interior chaparral and woodlands sub-ecoregion.

Jacalitos is derived from a Spanish word meaning "little wigwams". [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Jacalitos Hills". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. Schrader, Frank Charles (1909). Mineral Deposits of the Cerbat Range, Black Mountains, and Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave County, Arizona. U.S. Government Printing Office. p.  22.