Tank Mountains

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Tank Mountains
Range
Country	United States
State	Arizona

Highest point	Black Dome (Arizona)
- elevation	2,236 ft (682 m)

The Tank Mountains is a mountain range in the Sonoran Desert of southwest Arizona; the range is part of the eastern border of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge.

The Tank Mountains are east-west trending and about 14 miles long; the highest peak, Black Dome is on the west end of the range at 2,236 feet (682 m); two minor peaks of 1,568 feet (478 m) and 2,236 feet (682 m) flank the east end of the range separated by an alluvial valley. The western two thirds of the mountains lie in the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge and connect to the southeast corner of the Kofa Mountains where the Kofa Butte-(at 3,247 feet (990 m)) is located, across Engesser Pass.

The Tank Mountains abut the Palomas Mountains on the south, which are also in the wildlife refuge. North, east, and southeast of the Tank Mountains lies the extensive Palomas Plain which drains southeastly towards Hyder and the Gila River valley. Of note, to the northeast across the Palomas Plain lies the Little Horn Mountains and the adjacent Eagletail Mountains Wilderness.

The closest access points to the Tank Mountains on the south and east is Hyder, by way of the communities of Dateland and Sentinel on Interstate 8.