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Twin Peaks serves as a critical geographic divider for San Francisco, physically blocking the heavy coastal fog that rolls in from the Pacific Ocean. Because of this, the two hills often create a dramatic microclimate split where the western slopes are battered by wind and mist, while the eastern side remains sunny and mild. The native Ohlone people once used these heights as a lookout point to survey the entire peninsula. When Spanish explorers arrived in the eighteenth century, they named the hills Los Pechos de la Chola, or Breasts of the Indian Maiden, to describe their distinctive, rounded silhouettes. After the United States took control of the region, the name was changed to the more utilitarian Twin Peaks. The individual peaks also carry formal titles that reference the neighborhoods below them. The northern summit is known as Eureka Peak, while the southern one is called Noe Peak. These hills stand at over nine hundred feet, making them the second highest point in the city, surpassed only by Mount Davidson.