Nine Sisters

Template:Short description Template:Infobox mountain The Nine Sisters or the Morros are a chain of twenty-three, although typically only nine are included, volcanic mountains and hills in western San Luis Obispo County, Southern California. They run between Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo.

Geography

The peaks were created more than 20 million years ago during the Miocene Epoch of the Neogene Period, as volcanic plugs of magma which welled up and solidified inside softer rock which has since eroded away. Every plug, with the exception of just two, formed in a nearly straight line.

Two of the plugs are in Morro Bay State Park. The highest is Bishop Peak at Template:Convert.

Peaks

The peaks in order from Morro Bay to San Luis Obispo, including their height, a sortable table.

Name	Height ft (m)
Morro Rock	Template:Convert
Black Hill	Template:Convert
Cerro Cabrillo	Template:Convert
Hollister Peak	Template:Convert
Cerro Romauldo	Template:Convert
Chumash Peak	Template:Convert
Bishop Peak	Template:Convert
Cerro San Luis Obispo	Template:Convert
Islay Hill	Template:Convert

Geology

The Nine Sisters are a chain of volcanic plugs composed predominantly of dacite. About 20 to 25 million years ago, magma welled up underneath a layer of softer rock and solidified. The softer overlying rock has since eroded away, leaving a distinct rugged shape.

Features

The Nine Sisters, being less accessible to human intrusions, support a wide variety of Coastal sage scrub and California oak woodlands flora, and of birds and other fauna.

Their volcanic origin makes them of significant geological interest. They are popular with photographers and rock climbers.

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