Cortez Mountains

Coordinates: 40°18′39.711″N 116°20′5.277″W / 40.31103083°N 116.33479917°W / 40.31103083; -116.33479917

Cortez Mountains
Mountain Range
Country	United States
State	Nevada
District	Eureka County
Coordinates	40°18′39.711″N 116°20′5.277″W / 40.31103083°N 116.33479917°W / 40.31103083; -116.33479917
Highest point
- elevation	2,352 m (7,717 ft)
Timezone	Pacific (UTC-8)
- summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
Topo map	USGS Thatcher Spring
location of Cortez Mountains in Nevada [1]

The Cortez Mountains are located in central Nevada in the United States. The range lies in a southwest-northeasterly direction between Crescent Valley and Pine Valley. Mount Tenabo is the principal peak of the range, at 9,162 feet above sea level.

The Bureau of Land Management oversees 70% of the range, while privately held land accounts for the other 30%. Vegetation is primarily Pinon-juniper, Montane shrub, and Sagebrush steppe. At least four different species of mice live in the range. The Side-Blotched Lizard and the Chisel-toothed Kangaroo Rat are also found in the mountains.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

1. ^ "Cortez Mountains". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:847292. Retrieved 2009-05-04. 

References

• Biological Resources Research Center - [1]
• Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, 2001, pg. 38