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Telegraph Peak (Lander County, Nevada)

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Coordinates: 39°33′18″N 117°02′22″W / 39.55500°N 117.03944°W / 39.55500; -117.03944
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Telegraph Peak is a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1] The elevation is 8,537 feet (2,602 m).[1]

Telegraph Peak was named in commemoration of the first transcontinental telegraph.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Telegraph Peak
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 42.

39°33′18″N 117°02′22″W / 39.55500°N 117.03944°W / 39.55500; -117.03944

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