Virgin Mountains

Virgin Mountains
Range
Country United States
States Nevada, Arizona
Highest point Virgin Peak
 - elevation 7,946 ft (2,422 m) [1]
 - coordinates
Area 116 sq mi (300 km2)

The Virgin Mountains is a range northeast of Lake Mead about 10 to 16 miles south of the town of Mesquite, Nevada. Located in the Lower Colorado-Lake Mead watershed (USGS Huc 1501),[2] 91.6% of the range is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The range has many species of lizards, as well as the Panamint rattlesnake and glossy snake. Trees found in the range include singleleaf pinyon pines, Arizona cypress, white and Douglas fir, and Utah and Rocky Mountain junipers.

References

  1. ^ "Query Form For The United States And Its Territories". U.S. Board on Geographic Names. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic. Retrieved 2010-05-18. 
  2. ^ "Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units". USGS.gov. http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/huc_name.html. Retrieved 2010-06-02.