Pinacate Peaks
The Pinacate Peaks are a group of volcanic peaks and cinder cones located mostly in the Mexican state of Sonora along the international border adjacent to the U.S. state of Arizona, surrounded by the vast sand dune field of the Gran Desierto de Altar, at the desert's southeast.
Photo: USGS, Public domain.- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 944 metres
- Description: mountains
- Also known as: “Cerro Pinacate”, “Sierra Pinacate”, “サンタ・クララ火山”, and “ピコス・デル・ピナカテ”
Pinacate Peaks
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Sonora, Northern Mexico, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.79083° or 31° 47′ 27″ north
Longitude
-113.50222° or 113° 30′ 8″ west
Elevation
944 metres (3,097 feet)
Open location code
8538QFRX+84
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Uzbek—“Pinacate Peaks” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “cerro del Pinacate”
- Cebuano: “Sierra El Pinacate”
- Dutch: “Pinacate Peaks”
- German: “Cerro del Pinacate”
- Hebrew: “פסגות פינקטה”
- Japanese: “ピナカテ火山”
- Ladin: “Pinacate Peaks”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cerro del Pinacate”
- Norwegian: “Cerro del Pinacate”
- Persian: “قلههای پیناکیت”
- Russian: “Сьерра-Пинакате”
- Spanish: “Sierra del Pinacate”
- Spanish: “Sierra el Pinacate”
- Swedish: “Sierra El Pinacate”
- Uzbek: “Pinakat cho‘qqilari”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Pozo Nuevo and Los Norteños.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Cerro El Chivo and Volcán el Elegante.
Sonora: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Hermosillo and Ciudad Obregón.
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