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The Spanish Peaks are a pair of volcanic mountains in the southeastern part of the US State of Colorado
Colorado

The State of Colorado is a U.S. state located in the Mountain States of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western United States and Southwestern United States regions of the United States....
. They lie in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Sangre de Cristo Mountains

The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are the southernmost mountain range of the Rocky Mountains. They are located in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado in the United States....
 as an eastern outlier of the otherwise non-volcanic Culebra Range. They were an important landmark on the Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe Trail

The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th century transportation route through southwestern North America that connected Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico....
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The Spanish Peaks are a pair of volcanic mountains in the southeastern part of the US State of Colorado
Colorado

The State of Colorado is a U.S. state located in the Mountain States of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western United States and Southwestern United States regions of the United States....
. They lie in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Sangre de Cristo Mountains

The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are the southernmost mountain range of the Rocky Mountains. They are located in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado in the United States....
 as an eastern outlier of the otherwise non-volcanic Culebra Range. They were an important landmark on the Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe Trail

The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th century transportation route through southwestern North America that connected Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico....
.

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  • West Spanish Peak
    West Spanish Peak

    West Spanish Peak is a high mountain peak in the US state of Colorado. It is the higher of the two Spanish Peaks, two large intrusions which form an eastern outlier of the Culebra Range, a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains....
  • East Spanish Peak
    East Spanish Peak

    East Spanish Peak is a high mountain peak in the US state of Colorado. It is the lower of the two Spanish Peaks, two large intrusions which form an eastern outlier of the Culebra Range, a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains....


See also

  • Colorado mountain ranges
  • Geography of Colorado
    Geography of Colorado

    The geography of the Colorado is unusually diverse, encompassing both rugged mountainous terrain and vast plains. The State of Colorado is defined as the geospherical rectangle that stretches from 37th parallel north to 41st parallel north latitude and from 25th meridian west from Washington to 32nd meridian west from Washington longitude ....
  • Rocky Mountains
    Rocky Mountains

    The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 4,800 kilometre from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in Canada, to New Mexico, in the United States....
  • Sangre de Cristo Mountains
    Sangre de Cristo Mountains

    The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are the southernmost mountain range of the Rocky Mountains. They are located in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado in the United States....
  • State of Colorado


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