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Black Mountains (California)
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The Black Mountains are located in the southeastern part of Inyo County, California
, in southeast Death Valley National Park
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, and lie in a generally north-south direction at the south-southwest end. Their formation has been classified as the Amargosa Chaos
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The range reaches an elevation of 6,384 feet above sea level at Funeral Peak. Lower Death Valley
lies to the west & southwest of the Black Mountains section, with Greenwater Valley and the Greenwater Range
to the northeast. The Black Mountains and Greenwater Range abut the Funeral Mountains
on the north, also at the southern terminus of the Amargosa Range. The Amargosa River turns south-southwest, around the three sub-ranges, then northwest into Death Valley. The Owlshead Mountains
are to the south across the Amargosa River
and its steep descent into Death Valley.
Dante's View
and Coffin Peak lie at the northern end of the range.
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Inyo County, California
-National protected areas:* Death Valley National Park * Inyo National Forest * Manzanar National Historic Site-Major highways:* U.S. Route 6* U.S. Route 395* State Route 127* State Route 136* State Route 168* State Route 178...
, in southeast Death Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park is a national park in the U.S. states of California and Nevada located east of the Sierra Nevada in the arid Great Basin of the United States. The park protects the northwest corner of the Mojave Desert and contains a diverse desert environment of salt-flats, sand dunes,...
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Geography
The Black Mountains are essentially a continuation of the Amargosa RangeAmargosa Range
The Amargosa Range is a mountain range in Inyo County, California and Nye County, Nevada. The range runs along most of the eastern side of California's Death Valley, separating it from Nevada's Amargosa Desert...
, and lie in a generally north-south direction at the south-southwest end. Their formation has been classified as the Amargosa Chaos
Amargosa Chaos
The Amargosa Chaos is a series of geological formations located in the Black Mountains in southern Death Valley. In the 1930s, geologist Levi F. Noble studied the faulting and folding in the area, dubbing it the "Amargosa chaos" due to the extreme warping of the rock...
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The range reaches an elevation of 6,384 feet above sea level at Funeral Peak. Lower Death Valley
Death Valley
Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California. Situated within the Mojave Desert, it features the lowest, driest, and hottest locations in North America. Badwater, a basin located in Death Valley, is the specific location of the lowest elevation in North America at 282 feet below...
lies to the west & southwest of the Black Mountains section, with Greenwater Valley and the Greenwater Range
Greenwater Range
The Greenwater Range is a mountain range located in the eastern Mojave Desert in Inyo County, California. They are located west of the section of California State Route 127 north of Shoshone, California.-Geography:...
to the northeast. The Black Mountains and Greenwater Range abut the Funeral Mountains
Funeral Mountains
The Funeral Mountains are a short, arid mountain range in the United States along the California-Nevada border approximately 100 mi west of Las Vegas. The mountains are considered a subrange of the Amargosa Range that form the eastern wall of Death Valley.The Amargosa Desert lies along the...
on the north, also at the southern terminus of the Amargosa Range. The Amargosa River turns south-southwest, around the three sub-ranges, then northwest into Death Valley. The Owlshead Mountains
Owlshead Mountains
The Owlshead Mountains are located at the southern end of Death Valley National Park near the border of the Fort Irwin Military Reservation in San Bernardino County, California, USA.-Geography:...
are to the south across the Amargosa River
Amargosa River
The Amargosa River is an intermittent waterway, long, in southern Nevada and eastern California in the United States. It drains a high desert region, the Amargosa Valley in the Amargosa Desert northwest of Las Vegas, into the Mojave Desert, and finally into Death Valley where it disappears into...
and its steep descent into Death Valley.
Dante's View
Dante's View
Dante's View is a viewpoint terrace at 5,475 feet height, on the north side of Coffin Peak, along the crest of the Black Mountains, overlooking Death Valley...
and Coffin Peak lie at the northern end of the range.
See also
- Gower Gulch (Death Valley)Gower Gulch (Death Valley)Gower Gulch is a small gulch on the eastern side of Death Valley in Inyo County, California. It is located in the Black Mountains. Gower Gulch is visible from Zabriskie Point and is about one and a half miles long.-History:...
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