Pummel Peak is a summit in Brewster County, Texas, United States.
Description Pummel Peak is located in Big Bend National Park and the Chisos Mountains. The mountain is composed of volcanic rock which formed during the Oligocene period.Geologic Map of the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas, Robert G. Bohannon, 2011, U.S. Geological Survey. Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3,000 feet (914 m) above the Rio Grande Village Road in . Based on the Köppen climate classification, Pummel Peak is located in a hot arid climate zone with hot summers and mild winters. Any scant precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into the Rio Grande watershed. The lower slopes of the peak are covered by juniper, oak, and piñon. The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. Pummel Peak is so named because the summit's resemblance to the pommel (or pummel) which is the rounded knob or horn of a horse saddle.Western Folklore, Volume 14, California Folklore Society, 1955, p. 204 The landform was spelled as "Pummel Peak" in publications as early as 1912,Texas Almanac, A.H. Belo & Company, 1912, p. 93. however it was spelled as "Pommel Peak" in a 1940 publication.Texas, a Guide to the Lone Star State, Best Books on, 1940, p. 624.
See also List of mountain peaks of Texas Geography of Texas
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External links Pummel Peak: Weather