We just learned about the Transverse Ranges.
Another bunch of mountain ranges in the Pacific Coast Belt of the North American Cordillera are the Peninsular Ranges in Southern California and Mexico.
There are 12 mountain ranges that are part of this group of ranges: Santa Ana Mountains, Chino Hills, San Jacinto Mountains, Palomar Mountain Range, Laguna Mountains, Sierra Juarez, Sierra San Pedro Martir, Sierra de San Borja, Sierra de San Francisco, Sierra de Guadalupe, Sierra de la Giganta and Sierra de la Laguna
The Palomar Mountains have the Palomar Observatory, which has some of the most powerful telescopes in the world.
(from: wikipedia - palomar mountain)
The Sierra San Pedro Martir mountains have the Nationl Astronomical Observatory in Mexico, another place with very large telescopes.
(from: wikipedia - national astronomical observatory)
Some of the mountain ranges in Northern Mexico have prehistoric cave paintings from over 2000 years ago.
(from: wikipedia - sierra de guadalupe cave paintings)
Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Lake Vostok
