Gu Achi Peak

Gu Achi Peak
Gu Achi Peak Location in Arizona
Highest point
Elevation	4,558 ft (1,389 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence	2,636 ft (803 m)[1]
Coordinates	32°20′51″N 111°52′35″W[2]
Geography
Location	Pima County, Arizona, U.S.
Parent range	Santa Rosa Mountains
Topo map	USGS Santa Rosa Mountains

Gu Achi Peak (O'odham: Ge Aji Doʼag) is a mountain in the Santa Rosa Mountains of Arizona.^[3] It is on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, about 56 miles (90 km) west of Tucson. Gu Achi Peak can be translated as "big ridge."^[4] In precolonial times it was the central territory of the Totokwan group of the O'odham, and it may have served as the ceremonial center for the northern O'odham groups.^{[5]: 12–15}

Gu Achi Peak viewed from the east, 45 miles away in the Tucson Mountains

References

1. "Gu Achi Peak". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
2. "Santa Rosa". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
3. Cordell, Linda S.; McBrinn, Maxine (June 16, 2016). Archaeology of the Southwest, Third Edition. Routledge. ISBN 9781315433721.
4. "Gu Achi Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
5. Winston, Eric P. (1994). Sharing the Desert: The Tohono O'odham in History. Tucson, Arizona: The University of Arizona Press. pp. 166. ISBN 0816514909.