Shoshone Range

{{Short description|Mountain range}}

{{see also|Shoshone Mountain|Shoshone Mountains}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Shoshone Range

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| photo = Shoshone Range, South of Battle Mountain.jpg

| photo_caption = Looking south with Mount Lewis centered and Bens Peak to the left

| country = United States

| state = Nevada

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| district = Lander County

| topo_map = Goat Peak

| topo_maker = USGS

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| range_coordinates = {{coord|40|21|1.701|N|116|53|4.343|W|type:mountain_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| highest = Mount Lewis

| elevation_ft = 9678

| coordinates = {{coord|40|24.2|N|116|51.7|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline}}

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| map = Nevada

| map_caption = Location of Shoshone Range in Nevada{{cite gnis|id=843675|name=Shoshone Range|entrydate = December 12, 1980| accessdate=November 5, 2009}}

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The Shoshone Range is a mountain range in Lander County, Nevada. The northeast end of the range extends into Eureka County at Shoshone Point on the Humboldt River.Crescent Valley, Nevada, 30x60 Minute Quadrangle, USGS, 1987 (40116-A1-TM-100)Battle Mountain, Nevada, 30x60 Minute Quadrangle, USGS, 1988 (40116-E1-TM-100)

The range was named from the Shoshoni language meaning "grass".{{cite book | url=http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf | title=Origin of Place Names: Nevada | publisher=W.P.A. | author=Federal Writers' Project | year=1941 | pages=42}}