Blue Angels Peak is a mountain located in the Sierra Juárez mountains less than 300 yards (270 m) north of the United States-Mexico border in California. The mountain rises to an elevation of 4,552 feet (1,387 m) near the San Diego-Imperial county border and Interstate 8. Despite its relatively low elevation, the summit of Blue Angels Peak is the highest point in Imperial County.[2] A 500 kV power line, an extension of Path 46 into San Diego, traverses the northern foothills of this mountain.[3]
The peak was named in honor of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, which was based at a nearby naval air facility in El Centro.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Smuggler". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved July 2, 2009.
- ^ a b "Blue Angels Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved December 15, 2009.
- ^ Google Earth images.
- ^ Suttle, Gary (1994). California County Summits. Berkeley: Wilderness Press. ISBN 0-89997-164-4.
External links
- "Blue Angels Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 15, 2009.
- "Blue Angels Peak". SummitPost.org. Retrieved May 7, 2011.