Mountain range in the US states of Texas and New Mexico

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Guadalupe Mountains

<p>The <b>Guadalupe Mountains</b> (<a href="/en/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language" class="wl">Spanish</a><span>: </span><i lang="es">Sierra de Guadalupe</i>) are a <a href="/en/Mountain_range" title="Mountain range" class="wl">mountain range</a> located in <a href="/en/West_Texas" title="West Texas" class="wl">West Texas</a> and southeastern <a href="/en/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico" class="wl">New Mexico</a>. The range includes the highest summit in Texas, <a href="/en/Guadalupe_Peak" title="Guadalupe Peak" class="wl">Guadalupe Peak</a>, <span>8,751</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span>ft (2,667</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span>m)</span>, and the "signature peak" of West Texas, <a href="/en/El_Capitan_(Texas)" title="El Capitan (Texas)" class="wl">El Capitan</a>, both of which are located within <a href="/en/Guadalupe_Mountains_National_Park" title="Guadalupe Mountains National Park" class="wl">Guadalupe Mountains National Park</a>. The Guadalupe Mountains are bordered by the <a href="/en/Pecos_River" title="Pecos River" class="wl">Pecos River</a> valley and <a href="/en/Llano_Estacado" title="Llano Estacado" class="wl">Llano Estacado</a> to the east and north, <a href="/en/Delaware_Mountains" title="Delaware Mountains" class="wl">Delaware Mountains</a> to the south, and <a href="/en/Sacramento_Mountains_(New_Mexico)" title="Sacramento Mountains (New Mexico)" class="wl">Sacramento Mountains</a> to the west. One of the clearest exposures of a prehistoric <a href="/en/Reef" title="Reef" class="wl">reef</a> is preserved in the mountain range's bedrock geology.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span> Bedrock contains fossils of reef-dwelling organisms from the <a href="/en/Permian" title="Permian" class="wl">Permian period</a>, and the geology is widely studied, mostly by <a href="/en/Stratigraphy" title="Stratigraphy" class="wl">stratigraphers</a>, <a href="/en/Paleontology" title="Paleontology" class="wl">paleontologists</a>, and <a href="/en/Paleoecology" title="Paleoecology" class="wl">Paleoecologists</a> (see geology section).<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span></p>

<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt1">Mountain range in the US states of Texas and New Mexico</div>
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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Guadalupe Mountains, Highest&nbsp;point, Peak...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element" style="width:24.5em; line-height:1.5em;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org notheme" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Guadalupe Mountains</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding: 0.3em 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em;"><span><a href="/en/File:GuadalupeMtns_2006_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:GuadalupeMtns_2006_cropped.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/GuadalupeMtns_2006_cropped.jpg/272px-GuadalupeMtns_2006_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="3021" data-file-height="1446" data-file-type="bitmap" height="130" width="272" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/GuadalupeMtns_2006_cropped.jpg/408px-GuadalupeMtns_2006_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/GuadalupeMtns_2006_cropped.jpg/544px-GuadalupeMtns_2006_cropped.jpg 2x" alt="GuadalupeMtns_2006_cropped.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="padding: 0.2em 0em;">Guadalupe Mountains</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Highest<span>&nbsp;</span>point</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Peak</th><td class="infobox-data">Guadalupe Peak</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Summit" title="Summit" class="wl">Elevation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">8,751<span>&nbsp;</span>ft (2,667<span>&nbsp;</span>m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system" class="wl">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1073938472" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Guadalupe_Mountains&amp;params=31_53_28_N_104_51_36_W_type:mountain_dim:52km" class="external text" target="_blank"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms"><span class="latitude">31°53′28″N</span> <span class="longitude">104°51′36″W</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Dimensions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">65<span>&nbsp;</span>mi (105<span>&nbsp;</span>km)<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-gnis_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">20<span>&nbsp;</span>mi (32<span>&nbsp;</span>km)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Geography</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r997900035" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:272px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:272px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:272px"><span class="notpageimage"><a href="/en/File:Relief_map_of_Texas.png" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Guadalupe Mountains is located in Texas" data-hash="File:Relief_map_of_Texas.png"><img loading="lazy"alt="Guadalupe Mountains is located in Texas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Relief_map_of_Texas.png/272px-Relief_map_of_Texas.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="989" data-file-type="bitmap" height="269" width="272" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Relief_map_of_Texas.png/408px-Relief_map_of_Texas.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Relief_map_of_Texas.png/544px-Relief_map_of_Texas.png 2x"></a></span><div class="od" style="top:43.442%;left:14.891%"><div class="id" style="left:-8px;top:-8px"><span class="notpageimage"><span><img loading="lazy"alt="Guadalupe Mountains" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Red_triangle_with_thick_white_border.svg/16px-Red_triangle_with_thick_white_border.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="240" data-file-type="drawing" height="14" width="16" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Red_triangle_with_thick_white_border.svg/24px-Red_triangle_with_thick_white_border.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Red_triangle_with_thick_white_border.svg/32px-Red_triangle_with_thick_white_border.svg.png 2x"></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="font-size:91%;width:6em;bottom:9px;left:-3em"><div>Guadalupe Mountains</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div>
            </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data label"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border"><span><img loading="lazy" alt="Flag_of_the_United_States.svg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" data-file-type="drawing" height="12" width="23" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x"></span></span><span>&nbsp;</span></span><a href="/en/United_States" title="United States" class="wl">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">States</th><td class="infobox-data label"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border"><span><img loading="lazy" alt="Flag_of_Texas.svg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/23px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="720" data-file-type="drawing" height="15" width="23" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/35px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/45px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png 2x"></span></span><span>&nbsp;</span></span><a href="/en/Texas" title="Texas" class="wl">Texas</a> and <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border"><span><img loading="lazy" alt="Flag_of_New_Mexico.svg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_New_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" data-file-type="drawing" height="15" width="23" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_New_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_New_Mexico.svg/45px-Flag_of_New_Mexico.svg.png 2x"></span></span><span>&nbsp;</span></span><a href="/en/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico" class="wl">New Mexico</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Borders on</th><td class="infobox-data">Sacramento Mountains and Brokeoff Mountains</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Geology</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Geologic_time_scale" title="Geologic time scale" class="wl">Age of rock</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Permian" title="Permian" class="wl">Permian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/List_of_rock_types" title="List of rock types" class="wl">Type of rock</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Carbonate" title="Carbonate" class="wl">Carbonate</a> sponge reef complex</td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>



The Guadalupe Mountains 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 , 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. 