25+ Mountains In The Us With Spanish Names Pics. Grand canyon (and other canyons) — the english canyon comes from the spanish cañón. El paso (texas) — a mountain pass is a paso;
From alaska's madre de dios island to mexico, maine, the united states is dotted with spanish place names.
Sean pavone/shutterstock california was the name of an island in the popular 16th century romance novel las sergas de esplandián written by spanish writer garci ordóñez de montalvo. He reported the area to be pleasant and spent a month resting his horses and enjoying the hospitality of the natives. Sandia mountains, mountain range in central new mexico, u.s., northeast of albuquerque and east of the rio grande. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks of the united states of america.