three peaks of an eroded volcano in NC Ariz.: highest peak, c. 12,700 ft (3,871 m)
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Sp, after Saint Francis of Assisi
See San Francisco Peaks in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also San Francisco Mountains
A group of mountains in north-central Arizona north of Flagstaff. The range rises to 3,853.1 m (12,633 ft) at Humphreys Peak, the highest point in the state.