Tejon-Pass

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The Tejon Pass [ teɪhoʊn ], the maximum of 1.275 meters rises above sea level, is a mountain pass at the southwest end of the Tehachapi Mountains in southern California. The pass connects Los Angeles with the northern part of California and is about 80 kilometers northwest of the city.

At the pass was formerly the Fort Tejon, which was built in 1854 and was intended to protect settlers against Indian attacks. Today is a Highway, Interstate 5, this old pass route follows. The pass is also named after a major earthquake that occurred along the San Andreas Fault on January 9, 1857. It is called the Fort Tejon earthquake of 1857. The epicenter of the quake was located but not at Tejon Pass, but near the present town of Parkfield. In that time sparsely populated California, however, were the only reliable reports from Fort Tejon.

• Pass in the United States
• Mountain pass
• Geography (California )
• Kern County
• Los Angeles County