Ring Mountain (California)
| Ring Mountain | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 603 ft (184 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 402 ft (123 m) [2] |
| Coordinates | 37°54′35″N 122°29′09″W / 37.909691528°N 122.485779814°WCoordinates: 37°54′35″N 122°29′09″W / 37.909691528°N 122.485779814°W [1] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Marin County, California, U.S. |
| Topo map | USGS San Quentin |
Ring Mountain is an elevated landform on the Tiburon Peninsula in Marin County, California. This mountain was named for George E. Ring, who served as a Marin County Supervisor from 1895 to 1903.[3]
Cellphone service is available on most major carriers.
A number of rare and endangered flora inhabit Ring Mountain.[4] The landscape is strewn with many sizable boulders which exhibit a variety of lithologies including high-pressure metamorphic rocks of amphibolite and eclogite grade.[5]
Native American pecked curvilinear nucleated petroglyphs created by the Coast Miwok people are also found here.[6]
See also
- Calochortus tiburonensis
- Castilleja neglecta
- Streptanthus niger
- Triangle Marsh
- Category: Endemic flora of California
References
- 1 2 "Ring". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
- ↑ "Ring Mountain, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
- ↑ "Ring Mountain, Open Space Preserve". County of Marin. Archived from the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ↑ Earth Metrics Inc. (1989) Marinero Estates Environmental Impact Report, Tiburon, California, prepared for the city of Tiburon, Ca.
- ↑ Hogan, C. Michael (2008). Burnham, Andy, ed. "Ring Mountain – Carving in United States in The West". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ↑ Hogan, C. Michael (2008). Andy Burnham, ed. "Ring Mountain, The Megalithic Portal,".
External links
- "Ring Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
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