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Of the most prominent summits of New Mexico, Sierra Blanca Peak is an ultra-prominent summit with more than 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence and 12 peaks exceed 1000 meters (3281 feet) of topographic prominence.
Ratón Pass is a 7,834 ft (2,388 m) elevation mountain pass on the Colorado–New Mexico border in the western United States. It is located on the eastern side of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains between Trinidad, Colorado and Raton, New Mexico, approximately 180 miles (290 km) northeast of Santa Fe. Ratón is Spanish for "mouse".
The area of the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant corresponds to Costilla County, Colorado and extends southward into New Mexico. Culebra Peak, the eastern boundary of the grant. The snows of the Culebra range provide water for irrigation which makes agriculture possible in the grant area. New Mexico was part of an independent Mexico from 1821 to 1846.
This is a list of mountain ranges in the U.S. state of New Mexico, listed alphabetically, and associated landforms. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mountain ranges of New Mexico . This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
A gelding is a castrated male horse or other equine, such as a pony, donkey or a mule. The term is also used with certain other animals and livestock , such as domesticated camels . [ 1 ] By comparison, the equivalent term for castrated male cattle would be steer (or bullock ), and wether for sheep and goats .
The San Juan Mountains in southern Colorado. The San Juan Mountains is a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. The area is highly mineralized (the Colorado Mineral Belt) and figured in the gold and silver mining industry of early Colorado.
The San Luis Valley is a region in south-central Colorado with a small portion overlapping into New Mexico. The valley is approximately 122 miles (196 km) long and 74 miles (119 km) wide, extending from the Continental Divide on the northwest rim into New Mexico on the south. It contains 6 counties and portions of 3 others.
The San Mateo Mountains are a mountain range in Socorro County, in west-central New Mexico in the southwestern United States. The highest point in the range is West Blue Mountain , at 10,336 ft (3,151 m).