Fra Cristobal Range
{{Short description|Mountain range in New Mexico, United States}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name= Fra Cristobal Range
| photo=
| photo_size= 295px
| photo_caption= view of western mountains-(at north)
Pyramid Peak (New Mexico), left, Fourmile Hill on right
(about 7 miles to east)
| country= United States
| subdivision1= New Mexico
| subdivision2_type= Regions
| subdivision2= {{enum|Jornada del Muerto|Rio Grande Valley}}
| subdivision3_type= County
| subdivision3= {{enum|Sierra|Socorro}}
| settlement= Crocker
| range_coordinates= {{coord|33|19|24|N|107|05|30|W|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| topo_map= Crocker, Engle, Lava USGS quads
| topo_maker=
| geology=
| borders_on= {{enum|Elephant Butte Reservoir|Rio Grande|Jornada del Muerto|Elephant Butte|Elephant Butte Dam|Truth or Consequences|Engle}}
| orogeny=
| length_mi= 17
| length_orientation= N-S
| width_mi= 6
| width_orientation=
| elevation_m=
| elevation_ft= 6834
| coordinates= {{coord|33|24|20|N|107|06|25|W|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline}}
| map= USA New Mexico
| map_caption= Fra Cristobal Range in New Mexico
}}
The Fra Cristobal Range, (Fra Cristóbal Range) is a 17 mi (27 km) long, mountain range in central-north Sierra County, New Mexico. Its northern extreme above Fra Cristobal Mountain extends into Socorro County. The range borders the eastern shore of Elephant Butte Reservoir on the Rio Grande, and the range lies towards the southwest of the Jornada del Muerto, the desert region east of the river.
Description
The Fra Cristobal Range is an arid, moderate elevation, north–south trending mountain range, about 17 mi long and narrow, only about 7 mi at its widest. Crater Hill, {{convert|5087|ft|m|0}} lies west of the central ridgeline, and north of Black Bluffs, Red Cliff at the Reservoir.{{GNIS|897368|Fra Cristobal Range}}
The high peak in the northern end of the range, which gives the range its name, is Fra Cristobal Mountain, {{convert|5932|ft|m|0}}, is at the north perimeter of the range. It is located at {{Coord|33|28|12|N|107|05|55|W|type:mountain_region:US|name=Fra Cristobal Mountain}}{{GNIS|889208|Fra Cristobal Mountain}} The mountain is said to have resembled the profile of a priest, Fray Cristóbal de Salazar, a cousin of Juan de Oñate, with the first colonizing expedition in 1598.George D. Torok, From the Pass to the Pueblos, Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, Dec 1, 2011{{rp|157, note 21}}
References
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External links
Range Highpoint
- [http://www.mountainzone.com/mountains/detail.asp?fid=5341956 Fra Cristobal Mountain, mountainzone, (coordinates), (elev: 5955)]
Fra Cristobal Range
- [http://www.mountainzone.com/mountains/detail.asp?fid=5585256 Crater Hill, (approximate range center (at west)), mountainzone, coordinates]
- [http://www.mountainzone.com/mountains/detail.asp?fid=5321056 Fra Cristobal Range, mountainzone]
{{Mountains of New Mexico}}
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Category:Mountain ranges of Sierra County, New Mexico
Category:Mountain ranges of New Mexico
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