Peninsular Ranges
| Peninsular Ranges | |
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | San Jacinto Peak |
| Elevation | 10,834 ft (3,302 m) |
| Geography | |
| Countries | Mexico and United States |
| States | Baja California Sur, Baja California and California |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Mesozoic |
| Type of rock | Granite |
The Peninsular Ranges (also called the Lower California province) are a group of mountain ranges, in the Pacific Coast Ranges, which stretch 1,500 km (930 mi) from southern California in the United States to the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula; they are part of the North American Coast Ranges that run along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Mexico. Elevations range from 500 to 10,834 feet (152 to 3,302 m).
The Peninsular Ranges include the Santa Ana Mountains, Temescal and other mountains and ranges of the Perris Block, San Jacinto and Laguna ranges of southern California continuing from north to south with the Sierra de Juarez, Sierra San Pedro Mártir, Sierra de San Borja. Sierra San Francisco, Sierra de la Giganta, and Sierra de la Laguna in Baja California. Palomar Mountain, home to Palomar Observatory, is in the Peninsular Ranges in San Diego County, as is Viejas Mountain. The Peninsular ranges run predominantly north-south, unlike the Transverse Ranges to their north, which mostly run east-west.
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