Talk:San Emigdio Mountains

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I added a few more mountains today. I used a template though, so they're not interesting at all. If anyone wants to add information to the new articles or just make them not so bland, don't be afraid to. Cygnus 03:10, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Pinos, Cerro Noroeste, etc.
These mountains are not in the San Emigdios. The San Emigdios are on the other side of the San Andreas Fault -- in Kern County. A mountain range cannot cross a plate boundary. See the USGS GNIS given as a reference in the article: [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:394360812025631::NO::P3_FID:252092 -- the highest point in the San Emigdios is not Pinos or even Sawmill Mountain or Cerro Noroeste -- but San Emigdio mountain, which is lower than any of those peaks, which are not in any named range (just part of the Transverse Ranges). Can someone please find me a reliable source -- not "peakbagger" or something not peer-reviewed -- that claims that Pinos and the others are in the San Emigdios? Thanks, Antandrus (talk) 01:46, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds reasonable. Be WP:BOLD - go ahead and fix it. Ikluft (talk) 07:18, 14 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Done ... this is the critical reference; the USGS GNIS reference that states clearly that the highest point in the range is indeed San Emigdio Mountain. For any skeptics:  please click on one of the links provided by USGS to the mapping services on the right-hand side of the page -- for example here is the Google map.  You can see clearly that the boundaries of the range are north of the San Andreas Fault, and exclude Pinos, Cerro Noroeste, Frazier Mountain, Sawmill Mountain, Grouse Peak, etc. -- which are all in the Transverse Ranges but have never been part of a formally named range.  Thanks, Antandrus  (talk) 15:07, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Once again -- more than six years later -- I see this mistake has returned to the article. "Peakbagger" is not a reliable source. USGS GNIS is the authority on place names and boundaries: this record should be clear. San Emigdio Peak is the highest peak in the San Emigdios, which are entirely on the other side of the San Andreas Fault from Pinos, Cerro Noroeste, Grouse, and Sawmill Mountains, and all four of those are not part of an independently named range. The picture is also in error (it's taken from Pine Mountain Club, facing south, away from the San Emigdios, which are behind the photographer). Antandrus (talk) 14:27, 17 December 2015 (UTC)