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Amargosa Desert (Nev. and Calif.)

LC control no.sh 85004108
Geographic headingAmargosa Desert (Nev. and Calif.)
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Geographic subdivision usageAmargosa Desert (Nev. and Calif.)
Variant(s)Amargosa Desert (Calif. and Nev.)
See alsoDeserts--California
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Deserts--Nevada
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Found inWork cat.: Warren, C.N. A cultural resource overview for the Amargosa-Mojave basin planning units, 1980.
Wikipedia, June 8, 2006 (The Amargosa Desert is located in western Nevada, USA, along the border with California; lies between the Funeral Mountains on the west and Yucca Mountain and the Nellis Air Force Range to the east, in Nye County)
Tiehm, A. Geographical index of Carl Purpus, via Univ. of Calif. Berkeley University and Jepson Herbaria Web site, June 8, 2006 (Amargosa Desert, Nye County, Nevada; in extreme southern Nye County from south of Beatty to southeast of Lathrop Wells and hence south and west, barely entering Inyo County, California)
The Columbia gaz. of North Amer., via WWW, June 8, 2006 (Amargosa Desert, Nye Co., S Nev., parallel to Calif.-Nev. state line, NE of Death Valley, Calif.; extends SE c.40 mi/64 km from town of Beatty to Devil's Hole (small unit of Death Valley Natl. Monument))
GeoNames [algorithmically matched] plain; 36°36ʹ07ʺN 116°33ʹ25ʺW