Guijarral Hills

Guijarral Hills

Location of Guijarral Hills in California [1]

Highest point
Elevation 192 m (630 ft)
Geography
Country United States
State California
District Fresno County
Range coordinates 36°08′41″N 120°13′16″W / 36.1447°N 120.221°W / 36.1447; -120.221Coordinates: 36°08′41″N 120°13′16″W / 36.1447°N 120.221°W / 36.1447; -120.221
Topo map USGS 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]

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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