Tecate Peak is a mountain in San Diego County, California. It is four miles west of the twin towns of Tecate, California, and Tecate, Baja California, and is about 1/2 mile north of the Mexico–United States border.[1]
Tecate Peak is also known as Kuuchamaa (also spelled Kuchamaa, Cuchuma, and Cuchama) Mountain, and is a sacred mountain for the indigenous Kumeyaay people.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Tecate". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ^ "Tecate Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- ^ "San Diego peaks list". San Diego Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ^ "Tecate Peak CA". SummitPost.org. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ^ Shipek, Florence C. (1985). "Kuuchamaa: The Kumeyaay Sacred Mountain". Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology. 7 (1). JSTOR 27825214.
External links
- "Tecate Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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