White Mountains, Mono County, California

Eastern Mojave Vegetation

White Mountains, Mono County, California.

Gazetteer Query: G.N.I.S. See also: Montgomery Peak. White Mountain Peak. Fish Lake Valley. White Mountains. Queen Valley. See also: Chalfant Valley. Coldwater Canyon. Furnace Creek. Green Monster Mine. Montgomery Peak. White Mountains.
	The White Mountains are named from the light-colored appearance of the higher peaks, primarily Montgomery Peak. Montgomery Peak was formerly named White Mountain Peak. That name was transferred to a peak sixteen miles farther south in 1917. Elevation: 12132ft, 3698m. Articles that refer to this location: Field Notes: 20040526030 20040526270 17-Jul-05 The Vegetation of Lobo Point and North Wild Horse Mesa, Mojave National Preserve, San Bernardino County, California.: 60800 A Checklist Flora of the Mono Basin, Mono County, California and Mineral County, Nevada.: 142010 U. S. Highway 95: west of Tonopah Literature Referring To This Location: Gudde, Erwin G. 1969 (3rd Ed.). California Place Names. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1969. Stockli, Daniel F., Trevor A. Dumitru, Michael O. McWilliams, and Kenneth A. Farley. 2003. Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the White Mountains, California and Nevada. GSA Bulletin. 115(7):788-816. Trimble, Stephen. 1989. The Sagebrush Ocean. Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press. Young, James A, and Charlie D. Clements. 2002. Purshia: the wild and bitter roses. Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press, 2002.
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