The Pahvant Range (also Pavant Range) is a mountain range in central
Utah, United States, east of
Fillmore Fillmore may refer to:
Places Canada
* Fillmore, Saskatchewan
* Rural Municipality of Fillmore No. 96, Saskatchewan
United States
* Fillmore, California
* Fillmore District, San Francisco, California
* Fillmore, Louisiana
* Fillmore, Illino ...
.
Description
The range is named for the
Pahvant tribe, a branch of the
Ute people. The tallest peak is Mine Camp Peak at .
[ Most of the land in the Pavant range is part of Fishlake National Forest.
Richfield lies in the Sevier River valley to the southeast of the range and ]Fillmore Fillmore may refer to:
Places Canada
* Fillmore, Saskatchewan
* Rural Municipality of Fillmore No. 96, Saskatchewan
United States
* Fillmore, California
* Fillmore District, San Francisco, California
* Fillmore, Louisiana
* Fillmore, Illino ...
lies in the Pavant Valley along the northwest side of the range.[
The Pavant Range merges into the Tushar Mountains on the south.
]
Transportation
Interstate 15 crosses the extreme north end of the range at Scipio pass, near Scipio.[''Delta, Utah,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1989] Interstate 70 crosses at a pass between the Pavant Range and the Tushar Mountains to the south.[''Richfield, Utah,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980]
Meteorite
Iron meteorite fragments with a mass of named the Salina Meteorite were found in the Pavant Range in 1908.
References
External links
Utah Forest Alliance - Pavant Range
Fishlake National Forest
Mountain ranges of Millard County, Utah
Mountain ranges of Sevier County, Utah
Mountain ranges of the Great Basin
Mountain ranges of Utah
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