Tuscarora Mountains

Tuscarora Mountains
Tuscarora Mountains
	View of the Tuscarora Mountains from Midas-Tuscarora Road near Tuscarora, Nevada.
Highest point
Elevation	2,345 m (7,694 ft)
Geography
	location of Tuscarora Mountains in Nevada [1]
Country	United States
State	Nevada
District	Elko County
Range coordinates	41°8′14.672″N 116°17′24.321″W / 41.13740889°N 116.29008917°WCoordinates: 41°8′14.672″N 116°17′24.321″W / 41.13740889°N 116.29008917°W
Topo map	USGS Sugarloaf Butte

The Tuscarora Mountains are a mountain range in Elko County, Nevada.^[1] The southern perimeter of the north-south mountain range is the Humboldt River and valley.

The range is named after the Tuscarora people.^[2]

References

1 2 "Tuscarora Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 30.

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[gnis-1] 1 2 "Tuscarora Mountains". 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. 30.