The Sheep Range is located north of

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in the

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. It is found in both

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and Lincoln Counties in the

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. The mountains reach a peak at

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, above sea level between the

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to the east and the

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to the west. The Sheep Range lies in a generally north-south direction. The

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starts an east-west transect at the northeast of the

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, with the east-west transect border south being all of the

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, and a midsection, north perimeter of the watershed for the

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. The Great Basin Divide transect goes through the south region of the Sheep Range, and the transect ends eastwards at the

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border, the

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and

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. The range was named for mountain sheep which roamed there.

Notes

References

*''Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer'', 2001, pg. 66 Mountain ranges of Nevada Mountain ranges of Clark County, Nevada Mountain ranges of Lincoln County, Nevada {{LincolnCountyNV-geo-stub