The Silver Peak Range is a mountain range in southwest
Esmeralda County,
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, ...
, United States.
Geography
The Range forms the east and southeast side of
Fish Lake Valley
The Fish Lake Valley is a longNevada, DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer, c 2010, p. 58-59. endorheic valley in southwest Nevada, one of many contiguous inward-draining basins collectively called the Great Basin. The alluvial valley lies just northwest ...
. The towering
White Mountains lie across the valley to the west and southwest. The
Palmetto Mountains are to the south.
Piper Peak, Red Mountain, and Emigrant Peak are in the range.
References
External Resources
* R.C. Root, Anthony & Co,
Map Of Nevada Showing New Discoveries Of Silver Peak" 1865.
Mountain ranges of Nevada
Mountain ranges of Esmeralda County, Nevada
Mountain ranges of the Great Basin
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