Monument Peak (Nevada)

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Coordinates: 41°00′34″N 115°53′13″W / 41.00944°N 115.88694°W / 41.00944; -115.88694
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Monument Peak as seen from bottom of the Frogland Buttress in the Whisky Peak, Black Velvet Canyon, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
Monument Peak as seen from bottom of the Frogland Buttress in the Whisky Peak, Black Velvet Canyon, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

Monument Peak is a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1] The elevation is 6,283 feet (1,915 m).[1]

Monument Peak was named for the "monuments", i.e. stone prospectors' markers near it.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Monument Peak
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 27.

41°00′34″N 115°53′13″W / 41.00944°N 115.88694°W / 41.00944; -115.88694


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