SOUTHERN ROCKIES. This particular segment is known as the Sangre de Cristo ("blood of Christ").

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SOUTHERN ROCKIES These foothills ane the higher glaciated peaks to the north are the southern tip of the Rocky Mountains. This particular segment is known as the Sangre de Cristo ("blood of Christ"), a formidable barrier that rises above 13,000 feet in a chain of peaks that trend from Santa Fe on the south to Salida, Colorado on the north.

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Location: United States of America, New Mexico, Santa Fe County
Photo credit: © Jason O. Watson / historical-markers.org / Alamy / Afripics
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