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Peña de Bernal

Peña de Bernal
Pena de bernal 2006.jpg
Highest point
Elevation 2,510 m (8,230 ft) AMSL
Prominence 350 m (1,150 ft)
Naming
Translation Bernal Peak (Spanish)
Geography
Location San Sebastián Bernal, Querétaro, México
Parent range Sierra Gorda
Geology
Age of rock 65 million years
Mountain type Porphyrytic monolith

Peña de Bernal (in English: Bernal's Boulder or Bernal Peak) is a 433 m (1,421 ft) tall monolith, one of the tallest in the world. Peña de Bernal is located in San Sebastián Bernal, a small town in the Mexican state of Querétaro.

The porphyrytic monolith was thought to have been formed 65 million years ago, during the Jurassic period. A recent chemical analysis by researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico has determined that it is considerably younger, likely formed about 8.7 million years ago.

Many people perform a pilgrimage to the small chapel located at the highest point accessible through hiking.

Coordinates: 20°44′53.5″N 99°56′55″W / 20.748194°N 99.94861°W / 20.748194; -99.94861



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