Translation Bernal Peak (Spanish) Mountain type Porphyrytic monolith Prominence 350 m Parent range Sierra Gorda | Age of rock 65 million years Elevation 2,510 m Mountain range Sierra Gorda | |
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Location San Sebastián Bernal, Querétaro, México Similar Popocatépetl, Pico de Orizaba, Iztaccihuatl, Nevado de Toluca, Mount Augustus - Western | ||
Peña de Bernal (in English: Bernal's Boulder or Bernal Peak) is a 433 m (1,421 ft) tall monolith, one of the tallest in the world. Peña de Bernal is located in San Sebastián Bernal, a small town in the Mexican state of Querétaro.
Map of Pe%C3%B1a de Bernal, Quer%C3%A9taro, Mexico
The porphyrytic monolith was thought to have been formed 65 million years ago, during the Jurassic period. A recent chemical analysis by researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico has determined that it is considerably younger, likely formed about 8.7 million years ago.
Many people perform a pilgrimage to the small chapel located at the highest point accessible through hiking.
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