Silver Peak Range
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The Silver Peak Range is a mountain range in southwest Esmeralda County
, Nevada
.
. The towering White Mountains
lie across the valley to the west and southwest. The Palmetto Mountains
are to the south.
Piper Peak, Red Mountain, and Emigrant Peak are in the range.
Esmeralda County, Nevada
Esmeralda County is a county in the west of U.S. state of Nevada. Its county seat is Goldfield. Its 2000 census population was officially 971, making its population density 0.1045 inhabitants/km² , the second-lowest of any county-equivalent outside of Alaska. As of 2010, the population had...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
.
Geography
The Range forms the east and southeast side of Fish Lake ValleyFish Lake Valley
The Fish Lake Valley is a 25 mi long endorheic valley in southwest Nevada that is one of the Central Nevada Desert Basins. The alluvial valley lies just northwest of Death Valley and borders the southeast, and central-northeast flank of the massif of the White Mountains of California...
. The towering White Mountains
White Mountains (California)
The White Mountains of California are a triangular fault block mountain range facing the Sierra Nevada across the upper Owens Valley. They extend for approximately as a greatly elevated plateau about wide on the south, narrowing to a point at the north, with elevations generally increasing...
lie across the valley to the west and southwest. The Palmetto Mountains
Palmetto Mountains
The Palmetto Mountains are a mountain range in Esmeralda County, Nevada. The Lida Mining District and Lida, Nevada are located in the range.The mountains are east of the Sylvania Mountains and north of the Slate Range and Death Valley. It is a sub-range of the Silver Peak Range further northwest. ...
are to the south.
Piper Peak, Red Mountain, and Emigrant Peak are in the range.