Pummel Peak

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

Pummel Peak
East aspect
Highest point
Elevation	6,639 ft (2,024 m)[1]
Prominence	1,141 ft (348 m)[1]
Parent peak	Lost Mine Peak (7,547 ft)[2]
Isolation	2.58 mi (4.15 km)[2]
Coordinates	29°17′14″N 103°13′04″W[3]
Naming
Etymology	pummel
Geography
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Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Brewster
Protected area	Big Bend National Park[1]
Parent range	Chisos Mountains[1]
Topo map	USGS Panther Junction
Geology
Rock age	Oligocene
Rock type	Volcanic rock (rhyolite)[4]
Climbing
Easiest route	class 4[2]

Description

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]

See also

• List of mountain peaks of Texas
• Geography of Texas

Gallery

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  East aspect of summit of Pummel Peak
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  North aspect of Pummel Peak (left) with Wright Mountain to the right

References

1. "Pummel Peak, Texas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
2. "Pummel Peak - 6,620' TX". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
3. "Pummel Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
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". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
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.

External links

• Pummel Peak: Weather