El Capitan
El Capitan is a peak in Culberson County, Texas, located within Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The 7th-highest peak in Texas at 8,085 ft, El Capitan is part of the Guadalupe Mountains, an exposed portion of a Permian period reef uplifted and exposed by tectonic activity during the late Cretaceous period.
- Peak rising to 8,064 feet (2,458 metres)
- Description: mountain in Texas, United States
- Also known as“El Capitan Peak”“Guadalupe Point”“酋長巖”
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Guadalupe Pass
Guadalupe Pass is a mountain pass in Culberson County, Texas.
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Pine Springs
Hamlet
Pine Springs is an unincorporated community in northern Culberson County, Texas, United States.
El Capitan
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Latitude
31.87734° or 31° 52′ 38″ north
Longitude
-104.858° or 104° 51′ 29″ west
Open location code
853QV4GR+WQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“El Capitan” goes by many names.
El CapitanCebuano
El Capitan (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Texas)Cebuano
酋長岩Chinese
酋長岩 (德克薩斯州)Chinese
酋長巖 (德克薩斯州)Chinese
جبل ال كاپيتانEgyptian Arabic
جبل ال كاپيتان (امريكا)Egyptian Arabic
El CapitanLadin
Эль-КапитанRussian
ایل کیپٹنUrdu
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