The Antelope Range is a mountain range in Nye County,

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...

. A small part of the range extends north into southern

Eureka County Eureka County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 1,855, making it the second-least populous county in Nevada. Its county seat is Eureka, Nevada, E ...

. The community of Eureka is about to the northeast of north end of the range. The Antelope Range is a north-northeast trending linear range with a length of approximately and a width of about . The

Monitor Range The Monitor Range is located in south-central Nevada in the United States. The range lies west and northwest of the Hot Creek Range and north of U.S. Route 6 in Nye County. It extends into the southwest corner of Eureka County at its northern ...

lies to the west across the

Antelope Valley The Antelope Valley is located in northern Los Angeles County, California, and the southeast portion of Kern County, California, and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert. It is situated between the Tehachapi, Sierra Pelona, and the ...

on the northwest and Little Fish Lake Valley on the southwest.

Hot Creek Range The Hot Creek Range is a volcanic mountain range in Nye County, in central Nevada in the western United States. From the historic community of Warm Springs, the range runs north-northeast for approximately . To the west are Stone Cabin Valley, L ...

adjoins the range to the south across Long Canyon. To the east lie the Park Range and Little Smokey Valley with the Fish Creek Range to the northeast.Summit Mountain, Nev., 30x60 Topo Quad. USGS, 1978Mount Jefferson, Nev., 30x60 Topo Quad. USGS, 1978 Highest peaks in the range are Ninemile Peak at just south of the Eureka–Nye County line and Moonshine Peak about to the south. Little Smokey Valley floor east of Ninemile Peak is at an elevation of .

Geology

The Middle Ordovician

Whiterock Stage The Whiterockian, often referred to simply as the Whiterock, is an earliest or lowermost stage of the Middle Ordovician. Although the Whiterockian or Whiterock Stage refers mainly to the early Middle Ordovician in North America, it is often used in ...

was named for geologic units in the region.

References

Mountain ranges of Nevada Mountain ranges of Nye County, Nevada Mountain ranges of the Great Basin Mountain ranges of Eureka County, Nevada {{NyeCountyNV-geo-stub