South Virgin Mountains

{{Short description|Mountain range in Nevada, United States}}

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The South Virgin Mountains are a smaller mountain range of the eastern Mojave Desert, in Clark County, southeastern Nevada.

The mountains are located south of the larger Virgin Mountains range, east of the Virgin River leg of Lake Mead, and west of the Arizona Strip.

The South Virgin Mountains are within the jurisdiction of the BLM—Bureau of Land Management.

Mountains

Black Butte is a summit northeast of Bitter Ridge,{{GNIS|838802|Bitter Ridge}} with an elevation of {{convert|2,690|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}}.{{GNIS|838806|Black Butte}}

See also

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