Guijarral Hills

The Guijarral Hills are a range of low hills in the inner California Coast Ranges, in Fresno County, California, about seven miles east of the town of Coalinga.[1] Guijarral is derived from a Spanish word meaning "heap of pebbles".[2]

Guijarral Hills
Guijarral Hills is located in California
Guijarral Hills
Location of Guijarral Hills in California[1]
Highest point
Elevation192 m (630 ft)
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
DistrictFresno County
Range coordinates36°8′40.835″N 120°13′15.514″W
Topo mapUSGS Guijarral Hills

They are the surface expression of an anticlinal structure which continues to the south as the Kettleman Hills, and to the north as Anticline Ridge, a portion of the huge Coalinga Oil Field. The Guijarral Hills overlie the smaller and mostly exhausted Guijarral Hills Oil Field. Jayne Avenue, which connects Interstate 5 to Coalinga, is the major east–west road through the hills.

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