Rattlesnake Mountain is a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1] The elevation is 8,524 feet (2,598 m).[1]

Rattlesnake Mountain was so named on account of rattlesnakes near the summit.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rattlesnake Mountain
  2. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 27.

40°15′09″N 115°36′23″W / 40.25250°N 115.60639°W / 40.25250; -115.60639


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