Gabbs Valley Range

Gabbs Valley Range
Gabbs Valley Range is located in Nevada
Gabbs Valley Range
Gabbs Valley Range
location of Gabbs Valley Range in Nevada[1]
Highest point
Elevation2,209 m (7,247 ft)
Naming
EtymologyGabbs Valley, which was named for scientist William More Gabb
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
DistrictMineral County
Range coordinates38°40′19″N 118°11′07″W / 38.67194°N 118.18528°W / 38.67194; -118.18528
Topo mapUSGS Mount Ferguson

The Gabbs Valley Range is a mountain range in the west of the central Nevada desert in the Great Basin region. The range is within Mineral County, Nevada.

The valley was named after an engineer, E. S. Gabbs.[2]

  1. ^ "Gabbs Valley Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 51.