Three Dike Hill

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Three Dike Hill
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West aspect
Highest point
Elevation 3,430 ft (1,045 m) [1] [2]
Prominence 410 ft (125 m) [2]
Isolation 2.21 mi (3.56 km) [2]
Coordinates 29°22′57″N104°05′46″W / 29.38257°N 104.09617°W / 29.38257; -104.09617 [3]
Geography
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Three Dike Hill
Location of Three Dike Hill in Texas
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Three Dike Hill
Three Dike Hill (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State Texas
County Presidio
Protected area Big Bend Ranch State Park
Parent range Bofecillos Mountains
Topo map USGS Agua Adentro Mountain
Geology
Rock age Oligocene (27 Ma) [4]
Mountain type Butte
Rock type Igneous rock
Volcanic arc Trans-Pecos Volcanic Field

Three Dike Hill is a 3,430-foot-elevation (1,045-meter) summit in Presidio County, Texas, United States.

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Description

Three Dike Hill is a butte set in Big Bend Ranch State Park and the Chihuahuan Desert. The top of the butte is a caprock of basalt with three dark dikes of basalt rising up through layers of tuff and sedimentary rock. [1] [4] Charles Christopher Parry accurately sketched this geological formation on August 26, 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 one mile (1.6 km) to the south. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 1,000 feet (305 m) above the river in three-quarters mile (1.2 km) and 800 feet (244 m) above Tapado Canyon in one-half mile (0.8 km). The mountain's toponym has not been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

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References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 3 "3430 - 3,430' TX". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Three Dike Hill, Texas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Holy Smoke! Texas Has Actual Volcanoes. Here’s Where to See Ten of Them., Amy Weaver Dorning, Texas Monthly, June 17, 2021.
  5. ↑ 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. 46.
  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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