The Antelope Valley adjacent to the

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state line, and located in southeast

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and northeast

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is a 70 mi (113 km) longNevada Atlas & Gazetteer, p. 41.

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valley. The valley curves around the Dolly Varden and Kinsley Mountains, and the Antelope Range. The valley is separated into two sections north and south, with an unnamed

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region, at (though labelled as such) between eastern mountain ranges on its central-east perimeter. These badlands are on the Nevada/Utah border and southeast of

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a small range of hills, mostly in

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and partially in

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. A large two-lobed playa region makes up most of the south valley region, and can be easily seen from surrounding mountain ridgelines.

Description

Antelope Valley is about 70 mi long, north–south, but arc-shaped pointing due-west around the three mountain ranges. The center of the valley is adjacent the small range, 3 by 8 mi long, the Kinsley Mountains slightly offset by Kinsley Draw, from the Antelope Range southwest; it is also separated from the Dolly Varden Mountains northwest by three small watershed areas of the north Antelope Range's foothills. Two sections of the valley are created, a northwest-trending section, and the other, southwest-trending. The north section borders the southwest of

Goshute Valley The Goshute Valley is an endorheic landform of the Great Basin in Elko County, Nevada, United States. Description The towns of Oasis and Cobre are in the valley's north, and the central and north of the valley contains broken flatlands, with sho ...

. The south merges into the extensive north–south Spring Valley, the north end of which extends into a

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at the southwest end of the Antelope Range, where the

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is bordered to the west.

Access

U.S. Route 93 (Alternate) crosses the southern section of the north valley toward the

Goshute Mountains The Goshute Mountains is a mountain range in southeastern Elko County, Nevada, United States. Description The range is separated from the Toano Range to the north by Morgan Pass. The range was named after the Goshute Indians. See also * List ...

References

{{Reflist Great Salt Lake Desert Valleys of Nevada Valleys of Elko County, Nevada Valleys of White Pine County, Nevada Valleys of the Great Basin