Peacock Mountains

Peacock Mountains
Peacock Mountains is located in Arizona
Peacock Mountains
Peacock Mountains
Peacock Mountains
in Arizona
Highest point
PeakPeacock Peak (Arizona), center of range, ridgeline to north
Elevation6,293 ft (1,918 m)
Coordinates35°18′16″N 113°46′22″W / 35.30444°N 113.77278°W / 35.30444; -113.77278
Dimensions
Length26 mi (42 km) N-S
Width10 mi (16 km) (about 14-mi at south)
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
RegionsArizona transition zone, Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, Colorado Plateau and Basin and Range
CountyMohave
CommunitiesValle Vista, (Hackberry) and (Kingman)
Range coordinates35°18′59″N 113°46′33″W / 35.31639°N 113.77583°W / 35.31639; -113.77583
Borders onCerbat Mountains, Music Mountains-Grand Wash Cliffs, Cottonwood Mountains-Cottonwood Cliffs, Aquarius Mountains-Knight Creek, Hualapai Mountains and Hualapai Valley

The Peacock Mountains are a small, 26 mi (42 km) long [1] mountain range in northwest Arizona, US. The range is a narrow sub-range, and an extension north, at the northeast of the Hualapai Mountains massif, which lies to the southwest. The range is defined by the Hualapai Valley to the northwest, and north and south-flowing washes on its east border, associated with faults and cliffs; the Cottonwood Cliffs (Cottonwood Mountains) are due east, and are connected to the Aquarius Cliffs southward at the west perimeter of the Aquarius Mountains; the cliffs are a result of the Aquarius Fault, which is an extension southward from the Grand Wash Cliffs and Grand Wash Fault which crosses the Colorado River at Lake Mead, and the west perimeter of the Grand Canyon/Colorado Plateau.

  1. ^ Arizona DeLorme Atlas, 5th Ed, c. 2002, pp. 28–29, 36–37.[ISBN missing]