Picacho de la Providencia, also known as Picacho del Diablo, Las Tres Palomas, and Calamahue Mountain

Picacho de la Providencia (also known as Picacho del Diablo, Las Tres Palomas, Calamahue Mountain), highest point of Lower California (10,126 feet). Looking south 55 [degrees] east from a point near the high eastern rim of the San Pedro Mártir Plateau. The sharp, steep drop to the east at the edge of the plateau is apparent in the middle of the picture. [source: The Dominican Mission Frontier of Lower California. Plate 19a.]

• 1926-06-30

• Meigs, Peveril, 1903-1979

El Picacho del Diablo

black and white negative; 3 3/16 x 5 7/16 inches

A contemporary contact print of this image is available in the album documenting the 1926 trip.

Looking south 55 [degrees] east from a point near the high eastern rim of the San Pedro Mártir Plateau. The sharp, steep drop to the east at the edge of the plateau is apparent in the middle of the picture

• Baja California (Mexico)

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Related

• Journal 3, Page 13

Online finding aid

• Peveril Meigs Baja California Research Materials

• UC Regents

[Title, Date]. Peveril Meigs Baja California Research Materials. MSS 530. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

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