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Flowery Range

Coordinates: 39°23′32.689″N 119°31′20.633″W / 39.39241361°N 119.52239806°W / 39.39241361; -119.52239806
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Flowery Range
Flowery Range is located in Nevada
Flowery Range
Flowery Range
Location of Flowery Range in Nevada [1]
Highest point
Elevation2,237[2] m (7,339 ft)
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
DistrictStorey County
Range coordinates39°23′32.689″N 119°31′20.633″W / 39.39241361°N 119.52239806°W / 39.39241361; -119.52239806
Topo mapUSGS Chalk Hills

The Flowery Range is a mountain range associated with the Virginia Range[3] in Storey County, Nevada.[1]

The range was so named on account of wildflowers which bloom when watered by melting snow.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Flowery Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ^ "Flowery Range Highpoint". Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  3. ^ "Virginia Range (NV)". November 8, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  4. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 67.