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Elephant Tusk
North aspect
Highest point
Elevation	5,254 ft (1,601 m)
Prominence	1,389 ft (423 m)
Isolation	2.13 mi (3.43 km)
Coordinates	29°09′26″N 103°16′04″W / 29.1573556°N 103.2676664°W / 29.1573556; -103.2676664
Geography
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Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Brewster
Protected area	Big Bend National Park
Parent range	Chisos Mountains
Topo map	USGS Emory Peak
Geology
Rock age	Oligocene
Rock type	Igneous rock
Climbing
Easiest route	class 4 scrambling

Elephant Tusk is a 5,254-foot-elevation (1,601-meter) summit in Brewster County, Texas, United States.

Description

Elephant Tusk is part of the Chisos Mountains where it is set in Big Bend National Park and the Chihuahuan Desert. The mountain is an igneous intrusion composed of rhyolite which formed 29 million years ago during the Oligocene period. 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 11 miles (18 km) to the south. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,950 feet (594 m) above surrounding terrain in one-half mile (0.8 km). The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on March 9, 1939, by the United States Board on Geographic Names after having been marked as "Indianola Peak" on various maps dating back to 1905.

See also

• Geography of Texas
• Volcanic plug

Gallery

References

1. ^ "Elephant Tusk, Texas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
2. ^ "Elephant Tusk - 5,249' TX". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
3. ^ "Elephant Tusk". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
4. Geologic Map of the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas, Robert G. Bohannon, 2011, U.S. Geological Survey.
5. Joseph A. DiPietro, Geology and Landscape Evolution, Elsevier, 2018, ISBN 9780128111925, p. 416.
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.

External links

• Elephant Tusk: Weather
• Elephant Tusk (photo): Flickr

v t e Places adjacent to Elephant Tusk (Texas)
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• Mountains
• Geology
• Geography
• Texas

• Mountains of Texas
• One-thousanders of the United States
• Landforms of Brewster County, Texas
• Big Bend National Park
• Chihuahuan Desert