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Cerro de las Burras
South aspect
Highest point
Elevation4,349 ft (1,326 m)
Prominence246 ft (75 m)
Isolation1.25 mi (2.01 km)
Coordinates29°24′35″N 104°06′35″W / 29.4096304°N 104.1096331°W / 29.4096304; -104.1096331
Naming
EtymologyDonkey Hill
Geography
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CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyPresidio
Protected areaBig Bend Ranch State Park
Parent rangeBofecillos Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Agua Adentro Mountain
Geology
Rock ageOligocene (27 Ma)
Rock typeIgneous rock
Volcanic arcTrans-Pecos Volcanic Field

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

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. Charles Christopher Parry walked to this mountain on August 24, 1852, during the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain is located in a hot arid climate zone with hot summers and mild winters. 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. The mountain's Spanish name translates as "Jenny Hill" as in jenny, a female donkey.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cerro de las Burras, Texas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  2. "Cerro de las Burras - 4,345' TX". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  3. ^ "Cerro de las Burras". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  4. ^ 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. ^ 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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Places adjacent to Cerro de las Burras
Redford Las Burras Canyon Bofecillos Mountains
Rio Grande Cerro de las Burras Tapado Canyon
Mexico FM 170 Three Dike Hill
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