El Capitan (Texas)

El Capitan
El Capitan
	View from U.S. Highway 62/180
Highest point
Elevation	8,064 ft (2,458 m)
Prominence	285 ft (87 m)
Parent peak	Guadalupe Peak
Coordinates	31°52′38″N 104°51′29″W / 31.87722°N 104.85806°W
Geography
	El Capitan Culberson County, Texas, U.S.
Parent range	Guadalupe Mountains
Topo map	Guadalupe Peak
Geology
Age of rock	Permian
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike

El Capitan (Spanish: El Capitán) is a peak in Culberson County, Texas, located within Guadalupe Mountains National Park.^[2] The 10th-highest peak in Texas at 8,085 ft (2,464 m), El Capitan is part of the Guadalupe Mountains, an exposed portion of a Permian period reef uplifted and exposed by tectonic activity during the late Cretaceous period.^[3] The southern terminus of the Guadalupe Mountains, El Capitan looms over U.S. 62/180, where its imposing height and stark outline have made it one of the iconic images of the Trans-Pecos to generations of travelers.

^ ^a ^b "El Capitan". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ ^a ^b "El Capitan, Texas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
^ "Mountains of Texas - TSLAC". www.tsl.texas.gov.

[gnis-1] "El Capitan". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

[pb-2] "El Capitan, Texas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-08-08.

[3] "Mountains of Texas - TSLAC". www.tsl.texas.gov.

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