Sierra de San Francisco

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Sierra de San Francisco is a remote mountain range in Baja California Sur, Mexico, best known for its extensive prehistoric rock art sites that are recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
access dirt roads ⓘ
mule trails ⓘ
administrativeRegion State of Baja California Sur ⓘ
linked to: Baja California Sur
climate arid ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalAttribution pre-Hispanic hunter-gatherer groups ⓘ
distanceToGulfOfCalifornia tens of kilometres west of the Gulf of California ⓘ
distanceToPacificOcean tens of kilometres east of the Pacific coast ⓘ
elevation approximately 1700 metres ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalType volcanic mountains ⓘ
hasBiodiversity desert fauna ⓘ
desert flora ⓘ
hasHighestPointName Cerro de Santa Ana ⓘ
linked to: Cerro Santa Ana
hasNotableFeature canyons ⓘ
desert landscape ⓘ
prehistoric rock art ⓘ
rock shelters ⓘ
includedIn UNESCO World Heritage List ⓘ
knownFor Great Mural rock paintings ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage rock art sites ⓘ
locatedIn Baja California Sur ⓘ
El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
Municipality of Mulegé ⓘ
nearestSettlement San Francisco de la Sierra ⓘ
partOf Baja California Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Baja California

El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
Peninsular Ranges ⓘ
prehistoricArtTradition Great Mural tradition ⓘ
protectedStatus part of a biosphere reserve ⓘ
region north-central Baja California Sur ⓘ
rockArtEstimatedAge between 100 BCE and 1300 CE ⓘ
rockArtMotifs abstract designs ⓘ
animal figures ⓘ
human figures ⓘ
rockArtPeriod Archaic period of Baja California ⓘ
rockArtPreservation well-preserved due to dry climate ⓘ
rockArtTechnique polychrome painting ⓘ
tourismType adventure tourism ⓘ
cultural tourism ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1993 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCriteria (i) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco ⓘ

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Peninsular Ranges → contains → Sierra de San Francisco ⓘ
Great Mural rock art of Baja California → locatedIn → Sierra de San Francisco ⓘ
Municipality of Mulegé → contains → Sierra de San Francisco ⓘ
San Francisco de la Sierra → partOf → Sierra de San Francisco ⓘ
San Francisco de la Sierra → near → Sierra de San Francisco mountain range ⓘ
linked to: Sierra de San Francisco