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Spirit Mountain
View from the westElevation 5,642 ft (1,720 m) NAVD 88[1] Prominence 2,879 ft (878 m) [2] Location Location Clark County, Nevada, USA Range Eldorado-Newberry Mountains Coordinates 35°16′30″N 114°43′24″W / 35.274977972°N 114.723384419°WCoordinates: 35°16′30″N 114°43′24″W / 35.274977972°N 114.723384419°W[1] Topo map USGS Spirit Mountain
Spirit MountainNearest city: Laughlin, Nevada Governing body: National Park Service NRHP Reference#: 99001083 Added to NRHP: September 8, 1999 Spirit Mountain, also known as Newberry Peak, is a mountain in the Laughlin, Nevada area that is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. It is part of the Newberry Mountains in Nevada and within Spirit Mountain Wilderness Area.[3]
History
Spirit Mountain is the center of creation for all Yuman speakers.[4]
The mountain, listed as a Traditional Cultural Property, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 1999.[5][6]
References
- ^ a b "Spirit". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=FS1078. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
- ^ "Spirit Mountain, Nevada". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=3796. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ "Spirit Mountain Wilderness". Wilderness.net. http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=573. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
- ^ Boholm, Åsa; Ragnar E. Löfstdedt. "Faculty Siting: Risk, Power and Identity in Land Use Planning". Risk, Society and Policy Series. http://web.arizona.edu/~swst/faculty/facility_siting.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ "Nevada Entries in the National Register of Historic Places: Clark County". Nevada State Historic Preservation Office. http://nvshpo.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=9. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ "Weekly list of actions taken on properties 9/06/99 through 9/10/99". National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/listings/990917.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
External links
- "Spirit Mountain". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:858196. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
Categories:- Mountains of Nevada
- Religious places of the indigenous peoples of North America
- Sacred mountains
- Mojave Desert
- National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Nevada
- Western National Register of Historic Places stubs
- Nevada geography stubs
- Indigenous peoples of North America stubs
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