Guadalupe Mountains

Guadalupe Mountains
Guadalupe Mountains
Highest point
Peak	Guadalupe Peak
Elevation	8,751 ft (2,667 m)
Coordinates	31°53′28″N 104°51′36″W / 31.89111°N 104.86000°W / 31.89111; -104.86000
Dimensions
Length	65 mi (105 km)[1]
Width	20 mi (32 km)
Geography
Guadalupe Mountains
Country	United States
States	Texas and  New Mexico
Borders on	Sacramento Mountains and Brokeoff Mountains
Geology
Age of rock	Permian
Type of rock	Carbonate sponge reef complex

The Guadalupe Mountains (Spanish: Sierra de Guadalupe) are a mountain range located in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. The range includes the highest summit in Texas, Guadalupe Peak, 8,751 ft (2,667 m), and the "signature peak" of West Texas, El Capitan, both of which are located within Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The Guadalupe Mountains are bordered by the Pecos River valley and Llano Estacado to the east and north, Delaware Mountains to the south, and Sacramento Mountains to the west. One of the clearest exposures of a prehistoric reef is preserved in the mountain range's bedrock geology.^[2] Bedrock contains fossils of reef-dwelling organisms from the Permian period, and the geology is widely studied, mostly by stratigraphers, paleontologists, and Paleoecologists (see geology section).^[3]