Goshute Mountains

Goshute Mountains
Highest point
Elevation2,151 m (7,057 ft)
Geography
Goshute Mountains is located in Nevada
Goshute Mountains
Goshute Mountains
Location within Nevada
Goshute Mountains is located in the United States
Goshute Mountains
Goshute Mountains
Location within the United States
Country
United States
State
Nevada
District
Elko County
Range coordinates
40°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.[1]

Description

The range is separated from the Toano Range to the north by Morgan Pass.[2]

The range was named after the Goshute Indians.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cite error: The named reference gnis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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 November 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 24.

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