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The refuge is an integral part of the Service's condor monitoring activities. The most notable physical features of the refuge are the San Andreas Fault, which bisects the refuge, and the dramatic Bitter Creek Canyon. As of July 2014, there is a total population of 437 condors living in sites in California, Baja California and Arizona. [2]
The Coxcomb Mountains are within the easternmost area of Joshua Tree National Park. They are east of the Eagle Mountains and Twentynine Palms, north of Interstate 10, and southeast of the Sheep Hole Mountains. The range's highest point is Spectre Peak, at an elevation of 4,482 feet (1,366 m), located within the park.
The mountains are labelled on the south end of the Apple Valley South USGS quadrangle map, and the north end of the Lake Arrowhead quadrangle. The high point is 4951 feet, at 34°23′24.6″N 117°11′34.2″E / 34.390167°N 117.192833°E / 34.390167; 117.192833
Owned by the Moss Landing Salt Works, [5] the ponds were abandoned in 1974. [6] The wildlife area was established by the state of California in 1984, and was managed in cooperation with the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary when it was established in 1992. [7] The former salt ponds provide habitat for several shorebird species.
Although they provide a name for and are prominent in the Shadow Mountains quadrangle map, they are not labelled on it. [2] They are mentioned on USGS 7.5 topographic map Victorville NW. [3] The highest peak, at 4120 feet above sea level, is Shadow Mountain; there is a radio tower on top of it. [4] Silver Peak, 1.37 miles to the east, is 4041 feet.
Bitter Spring is a spring within the Fort Irwin National Training Center in San Bernardino County, California. It lies at an elevation of 1355 feet and is located in a valley between the Soda Mountains to the east, the Tiefort Mountains to the northwest, Alvord Mountain to the southwest and Cronese Mountains to the south and southeast.
Rogers Peak is the fourth-highest mountain of the Panamint Range, [3] and it is set within Death Valley National Park and the Mojave Desert.Precipitation runoff from this mountain's east slope drains to Death Valley via Hanaupah Canyon, whereas the west slope drains to Panamint Valley via Wildrose and Tuber canyons.
The Ord Mountains are located in the Mojave Desert of southern California, USA. The range lies in a generally east–west direction, and reaches an elevation of 6,309 feet (1,923 m) above sea level at Ord Mountain. [2] The area is administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The Ord Mountain Trail goes through one section of the mountains. [3]