Amargosa Range
Template:Short description Template:Infobox mountain The Amargosa Range is a mountain range in Inyo County, California, San Bernardino County, California and Nye County, Nevada. The Script error: No such module "convert". range runs along most of the eastern side of California's Death Valley, separating it from Nevada's Amargosa Desert. The U-shaped Amargosa River flows clockwise around the perimeter of the range, ending Script error: No such module "convert".[1] below sea level in the Badwater Basin.
The mountain range is named after the Amargosa River, so-named for the Spanish word for bitter because of the bitter taste of the water.[2]
In order from north to south, the Grapevine Mountains (including the range's highest point, Script error: No such module "convert". Grapevine Peak), the Funeral Mountains, and the Black Mountains form distinct sections. Many of Death Valley National Park's most well-known features, such as Zabriskie Point and Artists Drive are located in or are part of the Amargosa Range.
The Amargosa mountains are also home to Corkscrew Peak, so named because it resembles a corkscrew.
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- Death Valley
- Amargosa Desert
- Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
- Mountain ranges of Inyo County, California
- Mountain ranges of San Bernardino County, California
- Mountain ranges of Nevada
- Mountain ranges of Nye County, Nevada
- Death Valley National Park
- Mountain ranges of Southern California