El Capitan

El Capitan is a peak in , , located within . 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.
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  • 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”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Guadalupe Peak and Guadalupe Pass.

Peak
Photo: Zereshk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Signal Peak, is the…

Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a mountain pass in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pine Springs.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in northern , 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
node 356733656
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
5518274
Wiki­data ID
Q5350921

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“El Capitan” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “El Capitan (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Texas)”
  • Cebuano: “El Capitan”
  • Chinese: “酋長岩 (德克薩斯州)”
  • Chinese: “酋長岩”
  • Chinese: “酋長巖 (德克薩斯州)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ال كاپيتان (امريكا)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ال كاپيتان”
  • French: “El Capitan”
  • German: “El Capitan”
  • Ladin: “El Capitan”
  • Portuguese: “El Capitán”
  • Russian: “Эль-Капитан”
  • Spanish: “El Capitán (Texas)”
  • Spanish: “El Capitan”
  • Spanish: “El Capitán”
  • Urdu: “ایل کیپٹن”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Salt Basin Overlook and Williams Ranch Trailhead.

Texas: Highlights

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