Blue Angels Peak | |
Map: | California |
Map Size: | 220 |
Label: | Blue Angels Peak |
Label Position: | top |
Elevation Ft: | 4552 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence Ft: | 53 |
Prominence Ref: | [2] |
Listing: | California county high points 41st |
Location: | Imperial County, California |
Range: | Sierra Juárez Mountains |
Coordinates: | 32.6217°N -116.0912°W |
Topo: | USGS In-Ko-Pah Gorge |
Blue Angels Peak is a mountain located in the Sierra Juárez mountains less than 300yd north of the United States-Mexico border in California. The mountain rises to an elevation of 4552feet 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]