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词条 Fra Cristobal Range
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| 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
| state = New Mexico
| region = Jornada del Muerto
| region1 = Rio Grande Valley
| district = Sierra County NM
| district1 =
| city = Crocker, New Mexico
| range_coordinates = {{coord|33.357016|N|107.128086|W|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| topo =
| topo_map = Black Bluffs, USGS quad
| topo_maker =
| geology =
| border = Elephant Butte Reservoir–Rio Grande-W
Jornada del Muerto-E, NE & SE
Elephant Butte, NM, Elephant Butte Dam-S
(Truth or Consequences, NM–Eagle, NM-S)
| orogeny =
| length_mi = 17
| length_orientation = N-S
| width_mi = 6
| width_orientation =
| highest = Fra Cristobal Mountain
| highest_location = Fra Cristobal Mountains
| elevation_m =
| elevation_ft = 6003
| coordinates = {{coord|33.47007|N|107.098641|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. 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.

The highest peak in the range, Fra Cristobal Mountain, {{convert|6003|ft|m|0}},[1] is at the north perimeter of the range. It is located at {{Coord|33.47007|N|107.098641|W|type:mountain_region:US|name=Fra Cristobal Mountain}}[2]

References

1. ^New Mexico, DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer, p. 38-39.
2. ^Fra Cristobal Mountain Summit, mountainzone

External links

Range Highpoint

  • Fra Cristobal Mountain, mountainzone, (coordinates), (elev: 5955)

Fra Cristobal Range

  • Crater Hill, (approximate range center (at west)), mountainzone, coordinates
  • Fra Cristobal Range, mountainzone
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3 : Mountain ranges of Sierra County, New Mexico|Mountain ranges of New Mexico|Tularosa Basin

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