Shoshone Range

Last updated
Shoshone Range
Shoshone Range in Nevada.jpg
Looking east from Nevada State Route 305
Highest point
Peak Mount Lewis
Elevation 9,678 ft (2,950 m)
Coordinates 40°24.2′N116°51.7′W / 40.4033°N 116.8617°W / 40.4033; -116.8617
Geography
Relief map of U.S., Nevada.png
Red triangle with thick white border.svg
Location of Shoshone Range in Nevada [1]
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
District Lander County
Range coordinates 40°21′1.701″N116°53′4.343″W / 40.35047250°N 116.88453972°W / 40.35047250; -116.88453972 Coordinates: 40°21′1.701″N116°53′4.343″W / 40.35047250°N 116.88453972°W / 40.35047250; -116.88453972
Topo map USGS  Goat Peak

The Shoshone Range is a mountain range in Lander County, Nevada. [1] The northeast end of the range extends into Eureka County at Shoshone Point on the Humboldt River. [2] [3]

The range was named from the Shoshoni language meaning "grass". [4]

Related Research Articles

Funeral Mountains Mountain range along the eastern wall of Death Valley

The Funeral Mountains are a short, arid mountain range in the United States along the California-Nevada border approximately 100 mi (160 km) west of Las Vegas. The mountains are considered a subrange of the Amargosa Range that form the eastern wall of Death Valley.

Jackass Flats

Jackass Flats is a shallow alluvial basin located in the southwest portion of the Nevada National Security Site in Nye County, Nevada. The area lies east of Yucca Mountain, south of the Calico Hills and Shoshone Mountain and northwest of Skull Mountain. The valley drains to the southwest via the Tonopah and Fortymile washes into the Amargosa Valley across US Route 95 at the town of Amargosa Valley, Nevada. The "flat" covers an area of approximately 120 square miles (310 km2) and ranges in elevation from about 2,800 ft (850 m) just north of US 95 to 4,000 ft (1,200 m) at the mountain bases to the north and east.

Shoshone Mountains

The Shoshone Mountains, in west central Nevada, make up one of the longest mountain ranges in the state. The range runs in a general north-south direction in Nye and Lander counties. The range has a length of about 66 miles (106 km) and a width of about 6 mi (9.7 km) with an area of approximately 400 sq mi (1,000 km2).

Simpson Park Mountains Mountain range in Nevada, U.S.

The Simpson Park Mountains, also known as the Simpson Park Range, are located in Lander and Eureka counties, in central Nevada in the western United States. The mountains reach an elevation of 9,147 feet (2,788 m) at Fagin Mountain, and cover an area of approximately 310 square miles (800 km2). US Route 50 crosses the very southern end of the range at Hickison Summit between Eureka and Austin.

The Tule Desert is located in southeastern Nevada in Lincoln County, near the Utah state line. The desert lies northeast of the Mormon Mountains, south of the Clover Mountains and west of the Tule Springs Hills.

Cortez Mountains

The Cortez Mountains are located in north central Nevada in the United States. The range lies in a southwest-northeasterly direction between Crescent Valley and Pine Valley. Mount Tenabo is the principal peak of the range, at 9,153 feet above sea level. Surrounding ranges include: the Shoshone Range to the northwest, the Pinon and Sulphur Springs ranges to the east, the Simpson Park Mountains to the south and the Toiyabe Range to the southwest across the narrow Cortez Canyon. The northeastern end of the range reaches the Humboldt River at Palisade about 9.5 miles (15.3 km) southwest of Carlin.

Meadow Valley Mountains

The Meadow Valley Mountains is a mountain range in Lincoln and Clark counties in southern Nevada. The range is a narrow north to northeast trending ridgeline with a length of about 40 miles (64 km). The Clover Mountains lie to the north, Meadow Valley Wash and the Mormon Mountains to the east, the Moapa Valley to the southeast, Arrow Canyon Range to the south, Coyote Springs Valley to the southwest and the Kane Springs Valley and Delamar Mountains to the west and northwest.

Seven Troughs Range

The Seven Troughs Range is a mountain range in western Pershing County, Nevada.

Golden Gate Range

The Golden Gate Range is a mountain range in northwest Lincoln, and eastern Nye counties Nevada. The range trends north-northeast between the Garden Valley to the west and the Coal Valley to the east. The southern end of the range in Lincoln County contains the highest peaks whereas the northern portion exists as a broken string of lower hills separated by water gaps. The northeast end of the range is bounded by the White River Valley to the east. The Worthington Mountains, the Quinn Canyon Range and the Grant Range lie to the west and northwest with the Seaman Range to the east and Timpahute Range and Mount Irish Range to the south.

Augusta Mountains

The Augusta Mountains are a small mountain range in Pershing, Churchill and Lander counties of Nevada.

Blue Wing Mountains

The Blue Wing Mountains are a mountain range in west central Pershing County, Nevada.

Bullfrog Hills Mountain range in Nevada, United States

The Bullfrog Hills are a small mountain range of the Mojave Desert in southern Nye County, southwestern Nevada. Bullfrog Hills was so named from a fancied resemblance of its ore to the color of a bullfrog.

Gap Mountains

The Gap Mountains are a mountain range in eastern Nye County, Nevada. Gap Mountain along with Fox Mountain 7.5 miles (12.1 km) to the south and the hills between overlook the White River valley to the west. Gap Mountain lies just 1.5 mi (2.4 km) southwest of the southern end of the Egan Range of adjacent Lincoln County and appears to be an extension of that range. Fox Mountain lies about 5 miles west of the south end of the Schell Creek Range and 7 mi (11 km) northeast of the north end of the Seaman Range.The Grant Range and small Golden Gate Range lie to the west across the White River Valley.

New Pass Range

The New Pass Range is a mountain range in Lander and Churchill counties of Nevada. The range is a north-south trending range which straddles the Lander-Churchill county boundary for about 16 miles (26 km). The highest peak, New Pass Peak, has an elevation of 9,003 feet (2,744 m). US Route 50 crosses New Pass Summit on the south end of the range between Austin to the east and Fallon on to the west. The range was named from an early settler's belief that his route through the mountains was a "new pass" through the area.

Sahwave Mountains

The Sahwave Mountains are a mountain range in Pershing County, Nevada. The Sahwaves are a north – south trending range typical of the Basin and Range Province.

Specter Range

The Specter Range is a small mountain range in southeastern Nye County, Nevada.

Tule Springs Hills

The Tule Springs Hills are a mountain range in eastern Lincoln County, Nevada. The Tule Desert lies to the west. The Mormon Mountains and East Mormon Mountains are to the southwest, the Clover Mountains to the north and the Beaver Dam Mountains of Utah are to the east.

Antelope Valley (Eureka County)

The Antelope Valley of southern Eureka County is a small 35 mi long valley, surrounded by four mountain ranges. Antelope Wash flows north, to endorheic flatlands at the valley's north end. Eureka, Nevada lies 20 mi east nestled among mountain ranges. From Eureka U.S. Route 50 travels west through the north end of the valley on a route to Austin.

Sarcobatus Flat

Sarcobatus Flat is a closed valley in western Nye County, Nevada between Goldfield and Beatty. The Bullfrog Hills form the southern boundary and the Grapevine Mountains along with Bonnie Claire Flat form the western boundary. Pahute Mesa bounds the area to the east and north. To the north the flat is contiguous with Lida Valley and Stonewall Flat.

Battle Mountains, Nevada

The Battle Mountains or Battle Mountain Range is a mountain range in western Lander and southeastern Humboldt counties of Nevada. The communities of Battle Mountain and Valmy lie just to the east and north respectively along Interstate 80 in the Humboldt River valley. Nevada State Route 305 runs along the southeast side of the range from Battle Mountain toward Austin to the south.

References

  1. 1 2 "Shoshone Range". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey. December 12, 1980. Retrieved November 5, 2009.
  2. Crescent Valley, Nevada, 30x60 Minute Quadrangle, USGS, 1987 (40116-A1-TM-100)
  3. Battle Mountain, Nevada, 30x60 Minute Quadrangle, USGS, 1988 (40116-E1-TM-100)
  4. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 42.