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Pickaninny Buttes

Coordinates: 34°27′48″N 116°53′00″W / 34.46333°N 116.88337°W / 34.46333; -116.88337
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Pickaninny Buttes is a summit in San Bernardino County, California, in the United States. It has an elevation of 2,999 feet (914 m).[1] The butte is composed of granite.[2]

The name has attracted criticism from the media because it contains the ethnic slur pickaninny.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pickaninny Buttes
  2. ^ Jaeger, Edmund Carroll (1950). Our Desert Neighbors. Stanford University Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-8047-1097-8.
  3. ^ Fonesca, Felicia; Cone, Tracie (February 26, 2012). "From Negro Creek to Wop Draw, place names offend". NBC News. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

34°27′48″N 116°53′00″W / 34.46333°N 116.88337°W / 34.46333; -116.88337