Peacock Mountains | |
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Peacock Mountains in Arizona | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Peacock Peak (Arizona), center of range, ridgeline to north |
Elevation | 6,293 ft (1,918 m) |
Coordinates | 35°18′16″N 113°46′22″W / 35.30444°N 113.77278°W |
Dimensions | |
Length | 26 mi (42 km) N-S |
Width | 10 mi (16 km) (about 14-mi at south) |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | Arizona |
Regions | Arizona transition zone, Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, Colorado Plateau and Basin and Range |
County | Mohave |
Communities | Valle Vista, (Hackberry) and (Kingman) |
Range coordinates | 35°18′59″N 113°46′33″W / 35.31639°N 113.77583°W |
Borders on | Cerbat 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.