Guadalupe Mountains
Mountain range in the US states of Texas and New Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Guadalupe Mountains (Spanish: Sierra de Guadalupe) are a mountain range located in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. The range includes the highest summit in Texas, Guadalupe Peak, 8,751 ft (2,667 m), and the "signature peak" of West Texas, El Capitan, both of which are located within Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The Guadalupe Mountains are bordered by the Pecos River valley and Llano Estacado to the east and north, Delaware Mountains to the south, and Sacramento Mountains to the west. One of the clearest exposures of a prehistoric reef is preserved in the mountain range's bedrock geology.[2] Bedrock contains fossils of reef-dwelling organisms from the Permian period, and the geology is widely studied, mostly by stratigraphers, paleontologists, and Paleoecologists (see geology section).[3]
| Guadalupe Mountains | |
|---|---|
Guadalupe Mountains | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Guadalupe Peak |
| Elevation | 8,751 ft (2,667 m) |
| Coordinates | 31°53′28″N 104°51′36″W |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 65 mi (105 km)[1] |
| Width | 20 mi (32 km) |
| Geography | |
  Guadalupe Mountains | |
| Country |  United States |
| States |  Texas and  New Mexico |
| Borders on | Sacramento Mountains and Brokeoff Mountains |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Permian |
| Type of rock | Carbonate sponge reef complex |