Panamint Range
Panamint Range | |
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Panamint Range looking toward Telescope Peak | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Telescope Peak |
Elevation | 11,043 ft (3,366 m) NAVD 88[1] |
Coordinates | 36°10′11″N 117°05′21″W / 36.169815947°N 117.089198336°W[1] |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
District | USGS Telescope Peak |
The Panamint Range is a short rugged
The origin of the name is the Paiute or Koso word Panümünt or Pa (water) and nïwïnsti (person).[4][5]
Geography
The range runs north–south for approximately 100 miles (160 km) through Inyo County, forming the western wall of Death Valley and separating it from the Panamint Valley to the west. The range is part of the Basin and Range Province, at the western end of the Great Basin.
The highest peak in the range is Telescope Peak, with an elevation of 11,043 feet (3,366 m).
Features
Both Mount Whitney above the Owens Valley and Badwater Basin in Death Valley are visible from certain vantage points in the Panamint Range, making it one of few places where one can simultaneously see both the highest and lowest points in the contiguous United States. Dante's View east of Death Valley is another.
Being a
Mining
The Panamint Mining District is on the western side of the Panamint Range.[6] Panamint City (est. 1873) was a mining town in the district, formerly in the central section of the range.[6] The historic mining community of Ballarat (est. 1890s), also in the district, is now a ghost town.[6] The Gold Hill Mining District (est. 1875) was in the southwestern section of the range, at the northeast end of Butte Valley.[7]
The
See also
References
- ^ a b "Telescope". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ^ "Panamint Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
- ISBN 0520213165.
- ISBN 0520213165.
- ISBN 9781607323419.
- ^ a b c Death Valley National Park: Panamint Mining District
- ^ Death Valley National Park: Gold Hill Mining District
- ^ Death Valley National Park: Wildrose Charcoal Kilns
External links
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