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Coordinates: 36°07′12″N 120°11′56″W / 36.120°N 120.199°W / 36.120; -120.199
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Polvadero Gap, at an elevation of 554 ft (169 m), is a gap in Fresno County, California.[1]

The name "Polvadero" is derived from the Spanish word meaning "dusty". The gap was so named from the frequent dust storms there.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Polvadero Gap
  2. ^ Schrader, Frank Charles (1909). Mineral Deposits of the Cerbat Range, Black Mountains, and Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave County, Arizona. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 23.

36°07′12″N 120°11′56″W / 36.120°N 120.199°W / 36.120; -120.199


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