Fortification Hill is a prominence adjacent to
Lake Mead
Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States. It is located in the states of Nevada and Arizona, east of Las Vegas. It is the largest reservoir in the US in terms of water capacity. L ...
in the
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a U.S. national recreation area in Southeastern Nevada and Northwestern Arizona. Operated by the National Park Service, Lake Mead NRA follows the Colorado River corridor from the westernmost boundary of Gran ...
; it is located at the northwest terminus region of the
Black Mountains (Arizona)
The Black Mountains of northwest Arizona are an extensive, mostly linear, north-south trending long mountain range. It forms the north-south border of southwest Mohave County as it borders the eastern shore of the south-flowing Colorado River fr ...
, and specifically the ''north region'' of the Black Mountains. It is near a southern section of Lake Mead, and just northeast of
Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado, Black Canyon of the Colorado River (U.S.), Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Constructed between 1931 and 1936, d ...
. It can easily be seen eastward across
Las Vegas Bay or from the two northern mountain terminuses of
Eldorado Mountains
The Eldorado Mountains, also called the El Dorado Mountains, are a north-south trending mountain range in southeast Nevada bordering west of the south-flowing Colorado River; the endorheic Eldorado Valley borders the range to the west, and the ra ...
(
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
), or the Black Mountains (Arizona).
The mountain prominence is plateau-like, or mesa-like with its highpoint at the southeast terminus, and sloping north and northwestwards toward Lake Mead. The prominence is .
The flat mountaintop, sloping northwards is composed of Tertiary ''basaltic lava flows''.
[''Geologic Highway Map of Arizona'', from Geology: ''Arizona Geological Survey Map 26'', 1988.]
In popular culture
In the 2010 action-role playing game ''
Fallout: New Vegas'', Fortification Hill is the location of the main camp for Caesar's Legion.
See also
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Black Mountains (Arizona)
The Black Mountains of northwest Arizona are an extensive, mostly linear, north-south trending long mountain range. It forms the north-south border of southwest Mohave County as it borders the eastern shore of the south-flowing Colorado River fr ...
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Eldorado Mountains
The Eldorado Mountains, also called the El Dorado Mountains, are a north-south trending mountain range in southeast Nevada bordering west of the south-flowing Colorado River; the endorheic Eldorado Valley borders the range to the west, and the ra ...
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List of mountains of Arizona by height
References
External links
Larger photo from the trailhead Peakbagger.com.
. USGS.
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Mountains of Arizona
Landforms of Mohave County, Arizona
Mountains of Mohave County, Arizona