The Cottonwood Mountains range is found in
Death Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park is an American national park that straddles the California–Nevada border, east of the Sierra Nevada. The park boundaries include Death Valley, the northern section of Panamint Valley, the southern section of Eureka ...
in
Inyo County, California
Inyo County () is a county in the eastern central part of the U.S. state of California, located between the Sierra Nevada and the state of Nevada. In the 2020 census, the population was 19,016. The county seat is Independence. Inyo County is ...
, U.S.
The range lies just to the northwest of the Panamint Mountains at the top of
Death Valley
Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. During summer, it is the Highest temperature recorded on Earth, hottest place on Earth.
Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the ...
, and run in a north–south direction.
Tin Mountain, at the northern end of the range, reaches an elevation of 2,729 meters. At the southern end of the range is Towne Pass, at 1,511 meters. The
Last Chance Range
The Last Chance Range of California is located near the Nevada state line in eastern Inyo County in the United States.
The range lies in a generally north–south direction, and stretches for more than 30 miles. The mountains lie to the northwes ...
is to the east.
See also
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Racetrack Playa
The Racetrack Playa, or The Racetrack, is a scenic dry lake feature with " sailing stones" that inscribe linear "racetrack" imprints. It is located above the northwestern side of Death Valley, in Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, Califor ...
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Ubehebe Crater
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Geology of the Death Valley area
The exposed geology of the Death Valley area presents a diverse and complex set of at least 23 formations of sedimentary units, two major gaps in the geologic record called unconformities, and at least one distinct set of related formations geo ...
There is another small range with the same name east of
Indio, California
Indio (Spanish language, Spanish for "Indian") is a city in Riverside County, California, Riverside County, California, United States, in the Coachella Valley of Southern California's Colorado Desert region. It lies east of Palm Springs, Califo ...
.
References
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Death Valley
Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
Mountain ranges of Inyo County, California
Death Valley National Park
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