Guijarral Hills
| Guijarral Hills | |
|---|---|
  Guijarral Hills Location of Guijarral Hills in California[1] | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 192 m (630 ft) |
| Geography | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| District | Fresno County |
| Range coordinates | 36°8′40.835″N 120°13′15.514″W / 36.14467639°N 120.22097611°W |
| Topo map | USGS Guijarral Hills |
The Guijarral Hills are a range of low hills in the inner California Coast Ranges, in Fresno County, California, about seven miles east of the town of Coalinga.[1] Guijarral is derived from a Spanish word meaning "heap of pebbles".[2]
They are the surface expression of an anticlinal structure which continues to the south as the Kettleman Hills, and to the north as Anticline Ridge, a portion of the huge Coalinga Oil Field. The Guijarral Hills overlie the smaller and mostly exhausted Guijarral Hills Oil Field. Jayne Avenue, which connects Interstate 5 to Coalinga, is the major east–west road through the hills.
References
- ^ a b "Guijarral Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ Schrader, Frank Charles (1909). Mineral Deposits of the Cerbat Range, Black Mountains, and Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave County, Arizona. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 23.