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Pummel Peak

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Pummel Peak
East aspect
Highest point
Elevation6,639 ft (2,024 m)[1]
Prominence1,141 ft (348 m)[1]
Parent peakLost Mine Peak (7,547 ft)[2]
Isolation2.58 mi (4.15 km)[2]
Coordinates29°17′14″N 103°13′04″W / 29.2871682°N 103.2179012°W / 29.2871682; -103.2179012[3]
Naming
Etymologypummel
Geography
Pummel Peak is located in Texas
Pummel Peak
Pummel Peak
Location within Texas
Pummel Peak is located in the United States
Pummel Peak
Pummel Peak
Location within the United States
Country
United States
State
Texas
County
Brewster
Protected area
Big Bend National Park[1]
Parent rangeChisos Mountains[1]
Topo mapUSGS Panther Junction
Geology
Rock ageOligocene
Rock typeVolcanic rock (rhyolite)[4]
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 4[2]

Pummel Peak is a 6,639-foot-elevation (2,024-meter) summit in Brewster County, Texas, United States.

Description

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Pummel Peak is located in Big Bend National Park and the Chisos Mountains. The mountain is composed of volcanic rock which formed during the Oligocene period.[5] Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3,000 feet (914 m) above the Rio Grande Village Road in two miles (3.2 km). Based on the Köppen climate classification, Pummel Peak is located in a hot arid climate zone with hot summers and mild winters.[6] Any scant precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into the Rio Grande watershed. The lower slopes of the peak are covered by juniper, oak, and piñon. The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[3] Pummel Peak is so named because the summit's resemblance to the pommel (or pummel) which is the rounded knob or horn of a horse saddle.[7] The landform was spelled as "Pummel Peak" in publications as early as 1912,[8] however it was spelled as "Pommel Peak" in a 1940 publication.[9]

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Pummel Peak, Texas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Pummel Peak - 6,620' TX". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Pummel Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  4. ↑ Paul V. Chaplo, Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country, Texas A&M University Press, 2014, ISBN 9781623491789.
  5. ↑ Geologic Map of the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas, Robert G. Bohannon, 2011, U.S. Geological Survey.
  6. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 2, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  7. ↑ Western Folklore, Volume 14, California Folklore Society, 1955, p. 204
  8. ↑ Texas Almanac, A.H. Belo & Company, 1912, p. 93.
  9. ↑ Texas, a Guide to the Lone Star State, Best Books on, 1940, p. 624.
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