Fortification Hill is a prominence adjacent to
Lake Mead
Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States. It is located in the states of Nevada and Arizona, east of Las Vegas. It is the largest reservoir in the US in terms of water capacity. L ...
in the
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a U.S. national recreation area in southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona. Operated by the National Park Service, Lake Mead NRA follows the Colorado River corridor from the westernmost boundary of Gra ...
; it is located at the northwest terminus region of the
Black Mountains (Arizona)
The Black Mountains of northwest Arizona are an extensive, mostly linear, north-south trending long mountain range. It forms the north-south border of southwest Mohave County as it borders the eastern shore of the south-flowing Colorado River ...
, and specifically the ''north region'' of the Black Mountains. It is near a southern section of Lake Mead, and just northeast of
Hoover Dam. It can easily be seen eastward across
Las Vegas Bay
Las Vegas Bay is a bay at the western edge of Lake Mead in the U.S. state of Nevada. The bay is located within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area to the northeast of the city of Henderson, Nevada, near the junction of Lake Mead Drive and Lake ...
or from the two northern mountain terminuses of
Eldorado Mountains
The Eldorado Mountains, also called the El Dorado Mountains, are a north-south trending mountain range in southeast Nevada bordering west of the south-flowing Colorado River; the endorheic Eldorado Valley borders the range to the west, and the r ...
(
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the 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. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
), or the Black Mountains (Arizona).
The mountain prominence is plateau-like, or mesa-like with its highpoint at the southeast terminus, and sloping north and northwestwards toward Lake Mead. The prominence is .
The flat mountaintop, sloping northwards is composed of Tertiary ''basaltic lava flows''.
[''Geologic Highway Map of Arizona'', from Geology: ''Arizona Geological Survey Map 26, 1988.]
See also
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Black Mountains (Arizona)
The Black Mountains of northwest Arizona are an extensive, mostly linear, north-south trending long mountain range. It forms the north-south border of southwest Mohave County as it borders the eastern shore of the south-flowing Colorado River ...
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Eldorado Mountains
The Eldorado Mountains, also called the El Dorado Mountains, are a north-south trending mountain range in southeast Nevada bordering west of the south-flowing Colorado River; the endorheic Eldorado Valley borders the range to the west, and the r ...
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List of mountains of Arizona by height
The following is a list of the mountains and hills of Arizona, ordered by height.
Entries in bold indicate the peak is the highest point in its respective county.
Entries with a ''†'' indicate the peak has a low topographic prominence and may b ...
References
External links
Larger photo from the trailhead Peakbagger.com.
. USGS.
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Mountains of Arizona
Landforms of Mohave County, Arizona
Mountains of Mohave County, Arizona