Virgin Mountains

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| photo = Virgin Mountains from Northshore Drive.jpg

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| photo_caption =Virgin Mountains seen from the Northshore Drive along Lake Mead

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| country = United States

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| length_orientation= southwest to northeast

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| highest = Virgin Peak

| elevation_ft = 7946

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The Virgin Mountains are a mountain range of the northeastern Mojave Desert, located in Clark County, southeastern Nevada and Mohave County, northwestern Arizona.

Geography

File:Bulletin 798 Plate4A Grand Wash.jpg

Virgin Peak, at {{convert|7946|ft|m}} in elevation, is the highest point in the range. The range is northeast of Lake Mead, and around {{convert|15|mi|km}} south of the Nevada town of Mesquite.

Hydrologically, the range is located in the Lower Colorado—Lake Mead watershed. (USGS Huc 1501),{{cite web |title=Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units |url=http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/huc_name.html |publisher=USGS.gov |access-date=2010-06-02}}

File:Virgin Range Panorama.jpg

91.6% of the range is managed by the Bureau of Land Management, with a section of the Virgin Peak area designated within the BLM Virgin Mountain Natural Area.[http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/nv/field_offices/las_vegas_field_office/wilderness_maps/wsas.Par.69545.File.dat/Virgin%20River.pdf Bureau of Land Management: Virgin Mountain Natural Area]