Sonoma Range

Coordinates: 40°51′36″N 117°36′30″W / 40.8599039°N 117.6084584°W / 40.8599039; -117.6084584
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Looking north from the crest of the Sonoma Range

The Sonoma Range is a small mountain range in northwest

basin and range geologic province of the Great Basin. Sonoma Peak is the highest mountain in the range at (9,396 feet or 2,864 metres).[2] Its summit is located at 40°51′36″N 117°36′30″W / 40.8599039°N 117.6084584°W / 40.8599039; -117.6084584.[3]

The range's name is a transfer from Sonoma County in California.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sonoma Range
  2. ^ "Sonoma Peak, Nevada". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  3. ^ "Sonoma Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  4. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 66.


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