Ragged Top Mountain
Ragged Top Mountain is a summit located in the Trinity Range in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1] The elevation is 6,316 feet (1,925 m).[1]
Ragged Top Mountain was so named for its jagged peak, which is likened to ruins.[2]
In 1867, Timothy H. O'Sullivan took pictures of the area as part of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel.[3]
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"Karnak, Montezuma Range, Nevada, 1867" (Note that the name of the range is now the Trinity Range, the Montezuma Range is located elsewhere.)
References
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ragged Top Mountain
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 65.
- ^ "The Search for Karnak". 9 May 2009. Retrieved 26 Jul 2018.
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