Disaster Peak

Disaster Peak is a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1] The elevation is 7,690 feet (2,340 m).[1]

Disaster Peak was named after an 1865 confrontation between prospectors and the local Indians.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Disaster Peak
  2. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 36.

Coordinates: 41°57′34″N 118°11′40″W / 41.95944°N 118.19444°W / 41.95944; -118.19444

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