The Coso Range Wilderness is a protected

wilderness area Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural), are natural environments on Earth that have not been significantly modified by human activity or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation. The term has traditionally re ...

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in the northern end of the

Coso Range The Coso Range of eastern California is located immediately south of Owens Lake, east of the Sierra Nevada, and west of the Argus Range. The southern part of the range lies in the restricted Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and the northern pa ...

. The area was designated as wilderness by the

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and contains Joshua trees, creosote, and cactus as well as old mining areas. The wilderness is bounded to the south and east by Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake.

References

External links

U.S. Geological Survey Map
at the U.S. Geological Survey Map Website. Retrieved April 8, 2023. Protected areas established in 1994 1994 establishments in California Protected areas of Inyo County, California {{Protected-area-stub