Goshute Mountains

Goshute Mountains
Location of Goshute Mountains in Nevada [1]
Goshute Mountains (the US)
Highest point
Elevation 2,151 m (7,057 ft)
Geography
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; -114.27584778Coordinates: 40°16′9.758″N 114°16′33.052″W / 40.26937722°N 114.27584778°W / 40.26937722; -114.27584778
Topo map USGS White Horse Mountain

The Goshute Mountains is a mountain range in southeastern Elko County, Nevada in the United States.[1] The range is separated from the Toano Range to the north by Morgan Pass.[2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Goshute Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 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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