Arc Dome is the highest
mountain
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of the
Toiyabe Range
The Toiyabe Range is a mountain range in Lander and Nye counties, Nevada, United States. Most of the range is included within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The highest point in the range, near its southern end, is Arc Dome (11,788 ...
in northwestern
Nye County
Nye County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,591. Its county seat is Tonopah. At , Nye is Nevada's largest county by area and the third-largest county in the contiguous United States, behi ...
,
Nevada
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,
United States
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. It is the thirteenth-highest mountain in the state. Arc Dome also ranks as the second-most
topographically prominent
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peak in Nye County and the eighth-most prominent peak in the state. The peak is located about north of the community of
Tonopah, within the
Arc Dome Wilderness
The Arc Dome Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Toiyabe Range of Nye County, in the central section of the state of Nevada in the western United States. It covers an area of approximately , Nevada's largest Wilderness area. Attract ...
of the
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
Arc Dome is sometimes confused with Toiyabe Dome. The fact that the summit benchmark is marked “Toiyabe Dome” only adds to this confusion. However, these are separate peaks. Toiyabe Dome at is about southeast of Arc Dome, above the small community of
Carvers, Nevada.
See also
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List of Ultras of the United States
The following sortable table comprises the 200 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the United States of America.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
#The topographic elevation of a summit m ...
References
External links
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Mountains of Nevada
Landforms of Nye County, Nevada
Mountains of the Great Basin
Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest
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