Desert Mountains

{{Short description|Mountain range in Nevada, U.S.}}

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| country = United States

| state = Nevada

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| district = Lyon and Churchill counties

| topo_map = Wild Horse Basin

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| range_coordinates = {{coord|39|11|56|N|118|56|40|W|type:mountain_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_ft = 6711

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| map = Nevada

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| map_caption = Location of Desert Mountains in Nevada{{cite gnis|id=845819|name=Desert Mountains|accessdate=2009-05-04}}

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The Desert Mountains are a mountain range located in west-central Nevada south of the Lahontan Reservoir and north of the town of Yerington. They are known as Pa'pa-dso-ki in the Goshiute dialect of Shoshoni.{{cite journal |last1=Chamberlain |first1=Ralph|date=1913 |title= Place and personal names of the Gosiute Indians of Utah. |journal= Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society |volume=52 |issue=208 |pages=1–20}} The range is located in Lyon and Churchill counties. The range includes Cleaver Peak, at {{convert|6711|ft|0}} above sea level in the western part of the range and Desert Peak, at {{convert|6404|ft|0}} in elevation, in the eastern part of the chain.Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, Delorme, 8th edition, 2012, pg. 43 {{ISBN|0899333346}}