West Spanish Peak

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West Spanish Peak is a prominent volcanic mountain in southern Colorado, known as one of the twin Spanish Peaks that serve as a distinctive landmark of the Sangre de Cristo region.

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Label Occurrences
West Spanish Peak canonical 6

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf landmark
mountain
volcanic peak
age Oligocene
alsoKnownAs Huajatolla
Wahatoya
climbingDifficulty Class 2 (standard route)
culturalSignificanceFor Native Americans
surface form: Native American tribes
designation National Natural Landmark
surface form: U.S. National Natural Landmark
elevation 13523 feet
4131 meters
feature radial dikes
steep isolated summit
formedDuring Tertiary volcanic activity
geologicalType igneous intrusion
laccolith
hasTrail West Spanish Peak Trail
isSummitOf Spanish Peaks Wilderness high point
listedOn National Natural Landmark
surface form: National Natural Landmarks Program
locatedIn Colorado
Huerfano County, Colorado NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
managedBy San Isabel National Forest NERFINISHED
mountainRange Spanish Peaks
surface form: Spanish Peaks Massif
nearestTown La Veta, Colorado NERFINISHED
partOf Sangre de Cristo Mountains foothills
Sangre de Cristo region
Spanish Peaks
popularFor geological study
hiking
mountain climbing
prominence 2800 feet
853 meters
relativePositionToEastSpanishPeak higher of the two Spanish Peaks
west of East Spanish Peak
rockType granodiorite
syenodiorite
sacredTo Apache people
Comanche
surface form: Comanche people

Ute people
summitCoordinates approximately 37.403°N 105.049°W
topographicIsolation approximately 10 miles
approximately 16 kilometers
twinPeakWith East Spanish Peak
USGSTopoMap Cucharas Pass
visibleFrom High Plains region
surface form: Great Plains of southeastern Colorado

Interstate 25 in southern Colorado
withinProtectedArea Spanish Peaks Wilderness area
surface form: Spanish Peaks Wilderness

Referenced by (6)

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

Spanish Peaks hasPart West Spanish Peak
Huerfano County, Colorado contains West Spanish Peak
Spanish Peaks Wilderness area hasPeak West Spanish Peak
subject surface form: Spanish Peaks Wilderness
Spanish Peaks Wilderness area highestPoint West Spanish Peak
subject surface form: Spanish Peaks Wilderness
East Spanish Peak twinWith West Spanish Peak
Wahatoya hasPart West Spanish Peak