🏔️ Sierra Pinta

Mexico · Americas · 32.26°N, 113.54°W

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The Sierra Pinta or Sierra Pintas are a narrow remote block faulted northwest-southeast trending mountain range, about 22 miles (35 km) long located in southwestern Arizona in the arid northwestern Sonoran Desert, just north of the Pinacate Reserve of northern Sonora, Mexico. The mountains derive their name from the contrast of different colored rocks, with the northern end of the range mostly light granite, the southern end mostly dark gneiss, and a dramatic dividing line where two meet.

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CountryMexico
Continent / regionAmericas
Coordinates (approx.)32.26°N, 113.54°W · view on map

Sierra Pinta is located in Mexico, in Americas.

More mountain ranges in Mexico

Cerro de las Mitras · Copper Canyon · El Coahuilón · El Doctor · John the Baptist Mountains · Mexican Plateau · Muggins Mountains · Pachuca Range · Pajarito Mountains (Nayarit) · Pajarito Mountains (Sonora).

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