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Goshute Mountains
Highest point
Elevation2,151 m (7,057 ft)
Geography
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CountryUnited States
StateNevada
DistrictElko County
Range coordinates40°16′9.758″N 114°16′33.052″W / 40.26937722°N 114.27584778°W / 40.26937722; -114.27584778
Topo mapUSGS White Horse Mountain

The Goshute Mountains is a mountain range in southeastern Elko County, Nevada, United States.

Description

The range is separated from the Toano Range to the north by Morgan Pass.

The range was named after the Goshute Indians.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Goshute Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. Keith B. Ketner; Warren C. Day; Maya Elrick; Myra K. Vaag; Robert A. Zimmermann; Lawrence W. Snee; Richard W. Saltus; John E. Repetski; Bruce R. Wardlaw; Michael E. Taylor; Anita G. Harris (1998). "U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1593 - An Outline of Tectonic, Igneous, and Metamorphic Events in the Goshute-Toano Range Between Silver Zone Pass and White Horse Pass, Elko County, Nevada: A History of Superposed Contractional and Extensional Deformation" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  3. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 24.

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