Cerro Pedernal

Cerro Pedernal
Pedernal viewed from Ghost Ranch
Highest point
Elevation	9,866 ft (3,007 m) NAVD 88^[1]
Prominence	1,362 ft (415 m) ^[2]
Coordinates	36°09′48″N 106°30′14″W / 36.16323126°N 106.50380896°W / 36.16323126; -106.50380896Coordinates: 36°09′48″N 106°30′14″W / 36.16323126°N 106.50380896°W / 36.16323126; -106.50380896 ^[1]
Geography
Cerro Pedernal Location in New Mexico
Location	Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, U.S.
Parent range	Jemez Mountains
Topo map	USGS Youngsville

Cerro Pedernal, locally known as just "Pedernal", is a narrow mesa in northern New Mexico. The name is Spanish for "flint hill". The mesa lies on the north flank of the Jemez Mountains, south of Abiquiu Lake, in the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest. Its caprock was produced in the Jemez Volcanic Field. Its highest point is 9,862 feet (3,006 meters).

Pedernal is the source of a chert used by the prehistoric Gallina people. Its cliffs are popular with rock climbers. Georgia O'Keeffe made many paintings of it, and her ashes were scattered on its top.^[3]

From near Coyote, New Mexico, in summer monsoon weather

From Youngsville, New Mexico, also in monsoon weather

View from summit in winter, looking north. Abiquiu Lake in foreground; Tusas Mountains on horizon

References

1 2 "Dernal". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
↑ "Cerro Pedernal, New Mexico". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
↑ Gómez, Art (2004). New Mexico: Images of a Land and its People. UNM Press. p. 61. ISBN 0-8263-3257-9. Retrieved 2011-08-06.

External links

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Cerro Pedernal. New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources.
"Cerro Pedernal". SummitPost.org.

Georgia O'Keeffe
Works	The Flag (1918) Red and Orange Streak (1919) Blue and Green Music (1919–1921) A Storm (1922) My Shanty, Lake George (1922) Black Iris (1926) Oriental Poppies (1928) The Lawrence Tree (1929) Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue (1931) Jimson Weed (1936)
Groups of works	Early works (1903–1912) University of Virginia, 1912-1914 Charcoal drawings (1915) Flower paintings (1915–1950s) Red Canna paintings (1915–1927) Blue series (1916) Palo Duro Canyon paintings (1916–1918) Light Coming on the Plains (1917) New York skyscrapers paintings (1925–1928)
Family	Alfred Stieglitz (husband) Katherine Stieglitz (step-daughter)
Friends	Maria Chabot Mabel Dodge Luhan Anita Pollitzer Eliot Porter Paul Strand Rebecca Strand
Places	Cerro Pedernal Georgia O'Keeffe Home and Studio Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Ghost Ranch § Georgia O'Keeffe
Other	Georgia O'Keeffe (2009 film) Ghost Ranch (composition)

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