The Shoshone Range is a mountain range in Lander County, Nevada.[1] The northeast end of the range extends into Eureka County at Shoshone Point on the Humboldt River.[2][3]
The range was named from the Shoshoni language meaning "grass".[4]
References
- ^ a b "Shoshone Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. December 12, 1980. Retrieved November 5, 2009.
- ^ Crescent Valley, Nevada, 30x60 Minute Quadrangle, USGS, 1987 (40116-A1-TM-100)
- ^ Battle Mountain, Nevada, 30x60 Minute Quadrangle, USGS, 1988 (40116-E1-TM-100)
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 42.