Highland Mountains (Nevada)

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The Highland Mountains in Nevada connect with the Eldorado and Newberry mountains. [1]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eldorado Valley</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Piute Wash</span> River in California, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Piute Valley</span>

The Piute Valley is a 45-mile-long (72 km) north–south valley southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and northwest of Needles. The north of the valley is at Searchlight, with some of the valley extending northwest from Searchlight. At the center-north lies Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Highland Range (Clark County)</span>

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El Dorado is a mythical city of gold.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fortification Hill</span> Landform in Mohave County, Arizona

Fortification Hill is a prominence adjacent to Lake Mead in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area; it is located at the northwest terminus region of the Black Mountains (Arizona), and specifically the north region of the Black Mountains. It is near a southern section of Lake Mead, and just northeast of Hoover Dam. It can easily be seen eastward across Las Vegas Bay or from the two northern mountain terminuses of Eldorado Mountains (Nevada), or the Black Mountains (Arizona).

References

  1. Hagerty, Bridgette E; Tracy, C. Richard (6 April 2010). "Defining population structure for the Mojave desert tortoise". Conservation Genetics. 11 (5): 1803. doi:10.1007/s10592-010-0073-0. S2CID   23596038. Searchlight Pass, a connection point for the Eldorado, Newberry, and Highland mountain ranges.