El Capitan (Texas)
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El Capitan is a peak in Culberson County, Texas, located within Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The 7th-highest peak in Texas at 8,085 ft, El Capitan is part of the Guadalupe Mountains, an exposed
View from U.S. Highway 62/180
Labeled strata making El Capitan
Limestone
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Limestone is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calci
El Capitan (Texas)
…one of the iconic images of the Trans-Pecos to generations of travelers. El Capitan is the southernmost peak of the Guadalupe escarpment, an ancient limestone reef that forms the present-day Guadalupe Mountains. These mountains are an exposed portion of the Capitan Reef Barrier, a 350-mile long reef constructed…
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