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The Christmas Mountains are a small range of mountains next to Big Bend National Park in Brewster County, Texas, United States. The highest peak is 5,728 feet (1,746 m) above sea level. The 9,270-acre tract is owned by the Texas State University System and is open to the public and to academic researchers studying the area's natural resources.
Today, the Christmas Mountains caldera complex, as well as the dome, is heavily eroded, exposing the deep structure of the complex. The complex is the type location for laccocalderas. Laccocalderas differ from conventional calderas, being relatively small and developing over thin, shallow laccolithic magma chambers rather than deeper bodies ...
Little Christmas Mountain is part of the Christmas Mountains where it is set within Big Bend National Park and the Chihuahuan Desert.The mountain is composed of intrusive rhyolite (volcanic rock) which formed 33 million years ago during the Oligocene period. [4]
Davis Mountains: Jeff Davis: Christmas Mountains High Point 5,728 ft 1746 m: 2,388 ft 728 m: 12.19 mi 19.62 km Christmas Mountains: Brewster: Rosillo Peak 5,446 ft 1660 m: 2,106 ft 642 m: 13.99 mi 22.5 km
Willow Mountain is set in the Christmas Mountains and the Chihuahuan Desert. The mountain is composed of 43-million-year-old volcanic rock which formed columnar jointing as displayed on the west face. [4] [5] Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,000 feet (305 m) above Highway 118 in one-half mile ...
The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on March 15, 1939, by the United States Board on Geographic Names. [4] The Spanish name Cerro Castellan may translate to "ruler of a castle on a hill," [ 8 ] or "castle-warden's hill" where castellan is the caretaker of a castle. [ 9 ]
December 25 will be damp and windy but mild, with highs of 13C or 14C, not far off the record of 15.6C.
With few roads leading into the area, the Christmas Mountains maintained an old growth Acadian forest that was unique to northeastern North America. New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources leased the property comprising the Christmas Mountains to a U.S. owned pulp and paper company Repap (the name is the word "paper" reversed).