The Tank Mountains (

Yavapai The Yavapai ( ) are a Native American tribe in Arizona. Their Yavapai language belongs to the Upland Yuman branch of the proposed Hokan language family. Today Yavapai people are enrolled in the following federally recognized tribes: * Fort ...

: Hakimatava) are a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have aris ...

in the

Sonoran Desert The Sonoran Desert () is a hot desert and ecoregion in North America that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the Southwestern United States (in Arizona and California). It ...

of southwest

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; the range is part of the southeastern border of the

Kofa National Wildlife Refuge The Kofa National Wildlife Refuge is located in Arizona in the southwestern United States, northeast of Yuma and southeast of Quartzsite. The refuge, established in 1939 to protect desert bighorn sheep, encompasses over of the Yuma Desert ...

. The Tank Mountains are east–west trending and about long. The highest peak is Courthouse Mountain on the west end of the range at .''Little Horn Mountains, Arizona,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1988 Black Dome also on the west end of the range is at and two minor peaks of and flank the east end of the range separated by an alluvial valley. The western two thirds of the mountains lie in the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge and connect to the southeast corner of the

Kofa Mountains The Kofa Mountains (Yavapai: Wi:kasayeo) of Yuma and La Paz counties in Arizona is the central mountain range of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. The range lies about 60 miles northeast of Yuma in the southwestern part of the state. Kofa W ...

where the Kofa Butte () is located, across Engesser Pass.''Arizona Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 4th ed., 2001, pp. 54–55 The Tank Mountains abut the Palomas Mountains on the south, which are also partly in the wildlife refuge. North, east, and southeast of the Tank Mountains lies the extensive Palomas Plain which drains southeasterly towards

Hyder Hyder can refer to: Places *Hyder, Alaska, U.S. ** Hyder Seaplane Base * Hyder, Arizona, U.S. ** Hyder Valley * Hyder Creek, is a river in New York, U.S. Other uses *Hyder (defunct company), a former Welsh utility company **Hyder Consulting, a su ...

and the

Gila River The Gila River (; O'odham ima Keli Akimel or simply Akimel, Quechan: Haa Siʼil, Maricopa language: Xiil) is a tributary of the Colorado River flowing through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States. The river drains an arid watershed of ...

valley. To the northeast across the Palomas Plain lies the

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and the adjacent

Eagletail Mountains Wilderness The Eagletail Mountains Wilderness is part of the Eagletail Mountains of central-west Arizona, about 65 mi west of Phoenix. The wilderness is of moderate size, with the Eagletail Mountains forming its northeast perimeter, and the much sho ...

. To the southwest is the southeast draining King Valley with the

Castle Dome Mountains The Castle Dome Mountains (Tolkepaya Yavapai language, Yavapai: Wi:hopuʼ) are a mountain range in Yuma County, Arizona, within the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. Castle Dome (butte), Castle Dome Peak, the high point of the range, is a prominent b ...

beyond. The closest access points to the Tank Mountains on the south and east is Hyder, by way of the communities of Dateland and

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{{Authority control Mountain ranges of the Sonoran Desert Mountain ranges of the Lower Colorado River Valley Mountain ranges of Yuma County, Arizona Mountain ranges of Arizona

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