Huerfano Butte

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Huerfano Butte
Elevation 6,158 ft (1,877 m)[1]
Location
Huerfano Butte
Colorado
Location Huerfano County, Colorado, U.S.
Range Spanish Peaks
Coordinates 37°45′14″N 104°49′37″W / 37.75389°N 104.82694°W / 37.75389; -104.82694Coordinates: 37°45′14″N 104°49′37″W / 37.75389°N 104.82694°W / 37.75389; -104.82694
Topo map USGS Huerfano Butte
Geology
Type Volcanic plug

Huerfano Butte, elevation 6,158 feet (1,877 m), is an isolated volcanic neck. A remanent of an ancient volcano, it was named Huerfano (orphan) by early Spanish explorers of southern Colorado. Its name is pronounced locally as WAR-fuh-no.[2]

The butte is in Huerfano County about nine miles north of Walsenburg adjacent to Interstate 25. It rises above the south side of the Huerfano River with its peak about 200 feet above the floodplain. The butte lies one half mile east of the I-25 crossing of the Huerfano River.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Huerfano Butte". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-02-10. 
  2. ↑ Halka Chronic (1980). Roadside Geology of Colorado. Missoula Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Co. p. 37. ISBN 0-87842-105-X. 
  3. ↑ Huerfano Butte, Colorado, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1969
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