The Fra Cristobal Range is an arid, moderate elevation, north–south trending mountain range, about 17 mi long and narrow, only about 7 mi at its widest. Crater Hill, 5,087 feet (1,551 m) lies west of the central ridgeline, and north of Black Bluffs, Red Cliff at the Reservoir.[1]
The high peak in the northern end of the range, which gives the range its name, is Fra Cristobal Mountain, 5,932 feet (1,808 m), is at the north perimeter of the range. It is located at 33°28′12″N107°05′55″W / 33.47000°N 107.09861°W / 33.47000; -107.09861 (Fra Cristobal Mountain)[2] The mountain is said to have resembled the profile of a priest, Fray Cristóbal de Salazar, a cousin of Juan de Oñate, with the first colonizing expedition in 1598.[3]: 157, note 21
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^ abU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fra Cristobal Range
^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fra Cristobal Mountain
^George D. Torok, From the Pass to the Pueblos, Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, Dec 1, 2011
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Range Highpoint
Fra Cristobal Mountain, mountainzone, (coordinates), (elev: 5955)
Fra Cristobal Range
Crater Hill, (approximate range center (at west)), mountainzone, coordinates
Fra Cristobal Range, mountainzone
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