Tecate Peak
Tecate Peak is a mountain in San Diego County, California. It is four miles west of the twin towns of Tecate, California, and Tecate, Baja California, and is about 1/2 mile north of the Mexico–United States border.
Tecate Peak is also known as Kuuchamaa (also spelled Kuchamaa, Cuchuma, and Cuchama) Mountain, and is a sacred mountain for the indigenous Kumeyaay people.
References
- ^ "Tecate". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ "Tecate Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
- ^ "San Diego peaks list". San Diego Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ "Tecate Peak CA". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ Shipek, Florence C. (1985). "Kuuchamaa: The Kumeyaay Sacred Mountain". Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology. 7 (1). JSTOR 27825214.