Looking north from the crest of the Sonoma Range

The Sonoma Range is a small mountain range in northwest

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, 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. N ...

, USA. It lies just south of the

Humboldt River The Humboldt River is an extensive river drainage system located in north-central Nevada. It extends in a general east-to-west direction from its headwaters in the Jarbidge, Independence, and Ruby Mountains in Elko County, to its terminus in th ...

between Winnemucca and

Golconda Fort (Telugu: గోల్కొండ, romanized: ''Gōlkōnḍa'') is a historic fortress and ruined city located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It was originally called Mankal. The fort was originally built by Kakatiya ruler Pratāparu ...

. It is one of the many ranges of the

basin and range Basin and range topography is characterized by alternating parallel mountain ranges and valleys. It is a result of crustal extension due to mantle upwelling, gravitational collapse, crustal thickening, or relaxation of confining stresses. The e ...

geologic province A geologic province is a spatial entity with common geologic attributes. A province may include a single dominant structural element such as a basin or a fold belt, or a number of contiguous related elements. Adjoining provinces may be simila ...

of the

Great Basin The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic basin, endorheic watersheds, those with no outlets, in North America. It spans nearly all of Nevada, much of Utah, and portions of California, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, and Baja California ...

Sonoma Peak Sonoma Peak is a mountain located in southeastern Humboldt County, Nevada, United States. With an elevation of , it is the highest mountain in the Sonoma Range The Sonoma Range is a small mountain range in northwest Nevada, USA. It lies just ...

is the highest mountain in the range at (). Its summit is located at . The range's name is a transfer from

Sonoma County Sonoma County () is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, its population was 488,863. Its county seat and largest city is Santa Rosa, California, Santa Rosa. It is to the n ...

in California.

Notes

Mountain ranges of Nevada Range, Sonoma Mountain ranges of Humboldt County, Nevada Mountain ranges of Pershing County, Nevada {{PershingCountyNV-geo-stub