Canjilón Mountain Explained

Canjilón Mountain
Elevation Ft:10922
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:1034
Prominence Ref:[2]
Range:Tusas Mountains
Location:Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, U.S.
Map:USA New Mexico
Map Size:200
Coordinates:36.568°N -106.3516°W
Topo:USGS Canjilon Mountain

Canjilón Mountain is a 10922feet. mountain approximately six miles northeast of the village of Canjilón,[3] in the Carson National Forest.

The word cajilon is the term for "deer antler" in Northern New Mexican Spanish.[4] The mountain was so named because of its resemblance to an antler.[4] The mountain gave its name to the nearby creek (Canjilon Creek), to the nearby lakes (Canjilon lakes), and to the village of Canjilon.[4]

Canjilón Mountain was the site of a 3.7 magnitude earthquake on June 4, 2008.[5]

Notes and References

  1. GN0429 . Jilon . 2014-02-12.
  2. 5888 . Canjilon Mountain, New Mexico . 2014-02-12.
  3. Web site: Canjilón Lakes . https://web.archive.org/web/20120201104346/http://www.digitalabiquiu.com/pages/tours/canjilonlakes_t.html . February 1, 2012 . Digital Abiquiu . February 12, 2014.
  4. Book: Julyan, Robert . The place names of New Mexico . 1998 . Albuquerque, NM . University of New Mexico Press . 978-0826316899 .
  5. Web site: Information on New Mexico Seismic Activity from the New Mexico Tech Seismological Observatory: Earthquake between Chama and Abiqui, NM . Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology . https://web.archive.org/web/20080927040943/http://www.ees.nmt.edu/Geop/recentquakes.html. 27 September 2008 . dead . dmy.

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