Pinacate Peaks

For other uses, see Pinacate (disambiguation).
Pinacate Peaks
Cuk Doʼag
Sierra del Pinacate
Pinacate Peaks is located in Sonora
Pinacate Peaks
Pinacate Peaks
Location of Sierra Pinacate in Sonora
Pinacate Peaks is located in Mexico
Pinacate Peaks
Pinacate Peaks
Pinacate Peaks (Mexico)
Highest point
Coordinates31°46′N 113°29′W / 31.77°N 113.49°W / 31.77; -113.49
Geography
Location(north-central)-Sonoran Desert
El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar, Sonora, Mexico
View to the Pinacate craters from the sand dunes
Pinacate sand dunes and craters
Crater Elegante with the Pinacate Peaks in the background
Pinacate volcanics with teddy-bear chollas, ocotillos, young saguaros, and a paloverde tree
Bursera microphylla, Elephant Tree, photographed at Cerro Colorado in Baja California, Mexico.

The Pinacate Peaks (Sierra Pinacate, O'odham: Cuk Doʼag) are a group of volcanic peaks and cinder cones located mostly in the Mexican state of Sonora along the international border adjacent to the U.S. state of Arizona, surrounded by the vast sand dune field of the Gran Desierto de Altar, at the desert's southeast.[1]

The Spanish name for the Pinacate Peaks geographic feature is the Sierra Pinacate, which is used in their homeland of Mexico.

  1. ^ U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA Information and Satellite Image: Pinacate Mountains