El Capitan (Spanish: El Capitán) is a peak in Culberson County, Texas, located within Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The 10th-highest peak in Texas at 8,085 ft (2,464 m), El Capitan is part of the Guadalupe Mountains, an exposed portion of a Permian period reef uplifted and exposed by tectonic activity during the late Cretaceous period. The southern terminus of the Guadalupe Mountains, El Capitan looms over U.S. 62/180, where its imposing height and stark outline have made it one of the iconic images of the Trans-Pecos to generations of travelers.
By elevation El Capitan is
# 9 out of 2470 in Texas # 7 out of 53 in Culberson County # 7 out of 13 in Guadalupe Mountains National Park # 7 out of 37 in the Guadalupe Mountains
By prominence El Capitan is
# 21 out of 53 in Culberson County # 9 out of 13 in Guadalupe Mountains National Park # 12 out of 37 in the Guadalupe Mountains
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