Pintwater Range

Pintwater Range
Pintwater Range in Nevada [1]
Highest point
Peak Quartz Peak (Nevada) (Pintwater Range (center-north))
Elevation 6,395 ft (1,949 m)
Geography
Country United States
State Nevada
District Churchill/Lincoln counties
Settlement Indian Springs, NV
Range coordinates 36°56′25.855″N 115°33′44.079″W / 36.94051528°N 115.56224417°W / 36.94051528; -115.56224417Coordinates: 36°56′25.855″N 115°33′44.079″W / 36.94051528°N 115.56224417°W / 36.94051528; -115.56224417
Borders on Indian Springs Valley-W
Three Lakes Valley-E
East Desert Range-NE
Desert Range-SE
Spring Mountains-SSE
Topo map USGS Quartz Peak

The Pintwater Range is a mountain range in Churchill and Lincoln counties, in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1]

Pintwater Range was figuratively named due to a lack of water.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pintwater Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 17.


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