Santa Lucia Range

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coastal mountain range mountain mountain range

The Santa Lucia Range is a rugged coastal mountain range in central California known for its dramatic cliffs, redwood forests, and scenic stretches like Big Sur along the Pacific Ocean.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Santa Lucia Mountains	5
Cone Peak	0
Junipero Serra Peak	0

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastal mountain range ⓘ mountain ⓘ mountain ⓘ mountain range ⓘ
borders	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
contains	Cone Peak ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crossedBy	Pacific Coast Highway ⓘ surface form: California State Route 1 Nacimiento-Fergusson Road ⓘ
elevationMax_m	1786 ⓘ
extendsFrom	Monterey County, California ⓘ surface form: Monterey County
extendsTo	San Luis Obispo County ⓘ
geology	Franciscan Complex ⓘ granitic rocks ⓘ
habitatFor	California condor ⓘ black-tailed deer ⓘ mountain lion ⓘ
hasHighestPoint	Junipero Serra Peak ⓘ
hasPart	Big Sur region of California ⓘ surface form: Big Sur Los Padres National Forest ⓘ Ventana Wilderness ⓘ surface form: Silver Peak Wilderness Ventana Wilderness ⓘ
hasProtectedArea	Garrapata State Park ⓘ Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park ⓘ Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park ⓘ
hasRelativeRelief	one of the steepest coastal elevations in the contiguous United States ⓘ
knownFor	Big Sur coastline ⓘ biodiversity ⓘ rugged coastal cliffs ⓘ scenic Highway 1 corridor ⓘ steep topography ⓘ
languageOfName	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Central California ⓘ Monterey County, California ⓘ surface form: Monterey County Coastal Ranges ⓘ surface form: Pacific Coast Ranges San Benito County, California ⓘ surface form: San Benito County San Luis Obispo County ⓘ Santa Lucia Range self-linksurface differs ⓘ Santa Lucia Range self-linksurface differs ⓘ
namedAfter	Saint Lucy ⓘ
near	Salinas Valley ⓘ
orientation	northwest–southeast ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
region	Big Sur region of California ⓘ surface form: Big Sur
runsParallelTo	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
vegetation	chaparral ⓘ coast redwood forest ⓘ oak woodland ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coastal Ranges → contains → Santa Lucia Range ⓘ

Los Padres National Forest → contains → Santa Lucia Range ⓘ

Big Sur region of California → hasLandform → Santa Lucia Range ⓘ