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Baja California

Range Type	Peninsula
Highest Point	Picacho del Diablo (3095 m/10,154 ft)
Countries	Mexico
States/Provinces	Baja California Sur (50%), Baja California (49%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	143,926 sq km / 55,570 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,093 km / 679 mi North-South 891 km / 553 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	27° 47' N; 113° 16' W
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Map of Baja California
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Baja California.

Pacific Ranges	Level 2 (Parent)
Northwest Coast Islands	Level 3 (Sibling)
Coast Mountains	Level 3 (Sibling)
Northwest U.S. Coast Ranges	Level 3 (Sibling)
Central and Southern California Ranges	Level 3 (Sibling)
Baja California	Level 3
Northern Baja California	Level 4 (Child)
Southern Baja California	Level 4 (Child)
Cascade Range	Level 3 (Sibling)
Sierra Nevada	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Baja California

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Picacho del Diablo	3095	10,154	Northern Baja California
2.	Cerro Botella Azul	2940+	9646+	Northern Baja California
3.	Scout Peak	2840+	9318+	Northern Baja California
4.	Tres Palomas	2780+	9121+	Northern Baja California
5.	Sierra La Laguna High Point	2080+	6824+	Southern Baja California
6.	Picacho la Laguna	1980+	6496+	Southern Baja California
7.	Sierra Juarez High Point	1980+	6496+	Northern Baja California
8.	Volcán Las Tres Vírgenes	1951	6401	Northern Baja California
9.	Cerro San Antonio	1940+	6365+	Southern Baja California
10.	Cerro Salsipuedes	1900+	6234+	Southern Baja California
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Picacho del Diablo	3095	10,154	Northern Baja California
2.	Sierra La Laguna High Point	2080+	6824+	Southern Baja California

Photos of Peaks in the Baja California

Picacho del Diablo The west side of Picacho del Diablo as seen from Scout Peak (2014-05-03). Photo by Craig Barlow. Click here for larger-size photo.	Sierra La Laguna High Point View looking west from the tower with the pacific ocean visible (2019-12-29). Photo by Chris Strode. Click here for larger-size photo.
Volcán Las Tres Vírgenes Looking at the west side of Tres Virgenes showing the route up and down (2009-02-09). Photo by Richard Carey. Click here for larger-size photo.	Pico Risco Pico Risco from Guadalupe Canyon (2015-02-22). Photo by Mark McCormick. Click here for larger-size photo.
Whip Benchmark summit viewed from the 4x4 access road (2022-05-08). Photo by Travis Curry. Click here for larger-size photo.	Nopal Benchmark If you climb up the canyon from the trailhead, you will eventually come to a road that leads to the radio towers and the cluster of rocks that mark the Nopal Benchmark. Be advsised that the alleged benchmark is on the south side of the summit block (2022-02-10). Photo by Jeffrey Swain. Click here for larger-size photo.
Tahe Benchmark Tahe viewed from the west, coming down from Blue Angels Peak (2022-05-08). Photo by Travis Curry. Click here for larger-size photo.	Jacumba Wilderness High Point A rope ladder plus a couple companions are helpful to reach the top of the boulder of Peak 4038ft. Photo by Mark Adrian (2019-03-18). Photo by Richard Carey. Click here for larger-size photo.
Quirk Benchmark looking up at summit from the 4x4 road (2022-05-08). Photo by Travis Curry. Click here for larger-size photo.	Gold Benchmark Gold Benchmark, boulders are very large (2022-05-08). Photo by Travis Curry. Click here for larger-size photo.

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