A salient , panhandle , or bootheel is an elongated protrusion of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state .
8-637: The New Mexico bootheel is a salient (protrusion) which comprises the southwestern corner of New Mexico . As part of the Gadsden Purchase it is bounded on the east by the Mexican state of Chihuahua along a line at 31°47′0″N 108°12′30″W / 31.78333°N 108.20833°W / 31.78333; -108.20833 extending south to latitude 31°20′0″N at 31°20′0″N 108°12′30″W / 31.33333°N 108.20833°W / 31.33333; -108.20833 . The southern border
16-512: A relatively long and narrow salient, such as the westernmost extensions of Florida and Oklahoma , or the northernmost portion of Idaho . Another term is bootheel , used for the Missouri Bootheel and New Mexico Bootheel areas. The term salient is derived from military salients . The term "panhandle" derives from the analogous part of a cooking pan , and its use is generally confined to North America. The salient shape can be
24-669: Is characterized by basin and range topography with three north south trending mountain ranges, the Peloncillo Mountains , the Animas Mountains , and the Big Hatchet Mountains , separated by four valleys, the San Simon , Animas , Playas , and Hachita valleys. A single road traverses just north of the bootheel, New Mexico State Road 9 , while New Mexico State Road 80 (former US-80) skirts
32-496: Is now a training facility for the United States Department of Homeland Security . Salient (geography) While similar to a peninsula in shape, a salient is most often not surrounded by water on three sides. Instead, it has a land border on at least two sides and extends from the larger geographical body of the administrative unit. In American English , the term panhandle is often used to describe
40-456: Is shared between the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora along latitude 31°20′0″N, while the western border with Arizona is along meridian 109°03′0″W at 31°20′0″N 109°03′0″W / 31.33333°N 109.05000°W / 31.33333; -109.05000 , bounding an area of 50 by 30 miles (80 km × 48 km) and comprising 1,500 square miles (3,900 km). It
48-547: The Animas Valley, although mining also played a part in the development of the bootheel with the abandoned mining town of old Hachita. Land ownership is divided between publicly owned state and federal lands covering much of the mountain ranges and private lands in the valleys. The only settlement is Antelope Wells , while the towns of Rodeo , Animas , and Hachita lie just to the northwest, north, and northeast respectively. The former Phelps Dodge mining town of Playas
56-571: The result of arbitrarily drawn international or subnational boundaries, though the location of administrative borders can also take into account other considerations such as economic ties or topography . The following locations are salients in First-level administrative subdivisions of nations. Cooking pan Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
64-518: The western edge running south through the San Simon Valley. The other two roads in the bootheel are State Road 338 running down Animas Valley and State Road 81 running from Hachita to Antelope Wells , a border crossing. The bootheel is a sparsely populated (less than 1 person per square mile or 2.6 km) region known primarily as a cattle -ranching area, with the best-known ranch being the 500-square-mile (1,300 km) Diamond A Ranch in
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