Spanish Peaks

American  

plural noun

1. two mountains, West Spanish Peak (13,626 feet; 4,153 meters) and East Spanish Peak (12,683 feet; 3,866 meters), in S Colorado, in the E Sangre de Christo range.

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Example Sentences

To get nearer to solving the mystery of the plains, the researchers collected and analyzed rocks from the Spanish Peaks east to Two Buttes, a geologic formation near the Kansas border.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

Under the gaze of the imposing Spanish Peaks in southern Colorado, the 50-acre Parker-Fitzgerald Cuchara Mountain Park is the story of so many American ski areas, only the community was determined to change the script.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2023

The route encompasses the Spanish Peaks, a sacred spot for many tribes, including the Comanche and Ute, who believed that summer thunderstorms were a magic act performed by rain gods living in the summit.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2021

Huerfano Butte is but one “volcanic cone” spotting the plains of Spanish Peaks country, as described in Ross B. Johnson’s 1968 report for the U.S.

From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2018

I've done my family wash in every stream between th' Spanish Peaks an' California.

From Bruce of the Circle A by Titus, Harold