Piper Peak (Nevada)
Piper Peak is the highest mountain in the Silver Peak Range of Esmeralda County in Nevada, United States. It is the most topographically prominent peak in Esmeralda County and ranks twenty-third among the most topographically prominent peaks in Nevada. The peak is on public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and thus has no access restrictions.
The summit was named after N. T. Piper. Variant names are "Mount Piper" and "Pipers Peak".
References
- ^ "Piper Peak". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
- ^ "Piper Peak, Nevada". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
- ^ "Nevada Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
- ^ "Piper Peak". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 32.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Piper Peak (Nevada)
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