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Suarez, the paleontologist, had long known about the whale bones just north of Caldera – they could be seen jutting out of the sandstone ridge alongside the highway at the spot known as Cerro Ballena, or Whale Hill.
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The Mexican general had positioned some fifteen thousand troops at a strong pass called Cerro Gordo, or “wide ridge.”
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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The Mexican general had positioned some fifteen thousand troops at a strong pass called Cerro Gordo, or “wide ridge.”
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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At this time, which is the beginning of jumil season, Taxco's residents flock to a wooded mountain called the Cerro Huixteco, to hunt for jumiles and crown a Jumil Queen.
Regional Cuisines Of Guerrero: From Beaches to Mountains 2007
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At this time, which is the beginning of jumil season, Taxco's residents flock to a wooded mountain called the Cerro Huixteco, to hunt for jumiles and crown a Jumil Queen.
Regional Cuisines Of Guerrero: From Beaches to Mountains 2007
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This Cerro was a very popular place for outings and came to be the traditional place for celebrating the Lunes del Cerro (Mondays on the Hill) when the Guelaguetza began to focus on the celebrations held on the two Mondays following July 16.
Guelaguetza 1999
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Overlooking the present city of Oaxaca is the hill now known as the Cerro del Fortín from the location of Aztec garrisons there in the 15th century.
Guelaguetza 1999
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This Cerro was a very popular place for outings and came to be the traditional place for celebrating the Lunes del Cerro (Mondays on the Hill) when the Guelaguetza began to focus on the celebrations held on the two Mondays following July 16.
Guelaguetza 1999
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Overlooking the present city of Oaxaca is the hill now known as the Cerro del Fortín from the location of Aztec garrisons there in the 15th century.
Guelaguetza 1999
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His first goal was the Içana and an unknown mountain close to its headwaters known as the Cerro Tunuhí.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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