The Wassuk Range is located in west-central
Nevada
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in the
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. It is found to the west of
Walker Lake Several lakes are known as Walker Lake:
Canada
*Lake Walker in Quebec, Canada, the largest (by depth) lake in the province.
United States
*Walker Lake (Haines, Alaska)
*Walker Lake (Northwest Arctic, Alaska)
*Walker Lake (Prince of Wales-Outer ...
in
Mineral County.
The mountains reach an elevation of 11,239 feet (3,425 m) at
Mount Grant, approximately eight miles northwest of Hawthorne. The mountains lie in a north-south direction west of
Highway 95
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, and cover an area of 1,170 km² (451 sq mi). They form one side of the
Mason Valley. The
Northern Paiute word for the range is Kaiba.
The range, and specifically Mount Grant (
Northern Paiute: Kurangwa), play a major role in the creation story of the groups of
Northern Paiute people
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whose ancestors periodically lived near the mountain during their seasonal migrations. Kurangwa is a sacred being to them and is responsible for the creation of the
Walker Lake Several lakes are known as Walker Lake:
Canada
*Lake Walker in Quebec, Canada, the largest (by depth) lake in the province.
United States
*Walker Lake (Haines, Alaska)
*Walker Lake (Northwest Arctic, Alaska)
*Walker Lake (Prince of Wales-Outer ...
(Agai Pah).
[Ginny Bengston (2002). "Northern Paiute and Western Shoshone Land Use in Northern Nevada: A Class I Ethnographic/Ethnohistoric Overview". SWCA Environmental Consultants. pp. 90-91. Retrieved 2022-12-31. https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/Library_Nevada_CulturalResourceSeries12.pdf]
References
* Biological Resources Research Center
*''Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer'', 2001, pg. 51
Mountain ranges of Nevada
Mountain ranges of the Great Basin
Mountain ranges of Mineral County, Nevada
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