Davis Mountains

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astronomical observatory mountain mountain range nature preserve state park volcanic mountain range

The Davis Mountains are a rugged volcanic mountain range in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas, known for their high elevation, dark skies, and the McDonald Observatory.

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Label Occurrences
Davis Mountains canonical 7
Davis Mountains region 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical observatory ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
nature preserve ⓘ
state park ⓘ
volcanic mountain range ⓘ
administrativeRegion Jeff Davis County ⓘ
partly in surrounding West Texas counties ⓘ
astronomyFacility McDonald Observatory ⓘ
biodiversity supports montane and desert species mix ⓘ
climate semi-arid highland climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
darkSkyQuality very low light pollution ⓘ
elevation over 2500 meters at highest peaks ⓘ
over 8000 feet at highest peaks ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalFeature lava flows and volcanic intrusions ⓘ
geologicalOrigin Tertiary volcanic activity ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Davis Mountains State Park ⓘ
The Nature Conservancy Davis Mountains Preserve ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Livermore ⓘ
knownFor McDonald Observatory ⓘ
dark skies ⓘ
high elevation ⓘ
locatedIn Davis Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Davis Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Davis Mountains region

Jeff Davis County, Texas ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
Trans-Pecos region ⓘ
surface form: Trans-Pecos

West Texas ⓘ
mountainRangeType volcanic ⓘ
near Fort Davis ⓘ
surface form: Fort Davis, Texas
notableFeature one of the highest mountain ranges in Texas ⓘ
partOf Chihuahuan Desert ⓘ
surface form: Chihuahuan Desert region

Chihuahuan Desert ⓘ
surface form: Interior Highlands of the Chihuahuan Desert
region far West Texas ⓘ
relativeLocation north of Big Bend region ⓘ
west of Pecos River ⓘ
usedFor astronomical observations ⓘ
birdwatching ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
nature tourism ⓘ
vegetation grasslands ⓘ
pinyon-juniper woodlands ⓘ
ponderosa pine stands at higher elevations ⓘ

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

West Texas → contains → Davis Mountains ⓘ
Fort Stockton → hasNearbyAttraction → Davis Mountains ⓘ
Marfa → near → Davis Mountains ⓘ
Alpine → nearbyFeature → Davis Mountains ⓘ
subject surface form: Alpine, Texas
Fort Davis → locatedIn → Davis Mountains ⓘ
Davis Mountains → locatedIn → Davis Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Mount Livermore
Davis Mountains → locatedIn → Davis Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Fort Davis, Texas
this entity surface form: Davis Mountains region
Trans-Pecos region → contains → Davis Mountains ⓘ