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Tuscarora Mountains
Tuscarora Mountains
	View of the Tuscarora Mountains from Midas-Tuscarora Road near Tuscarora, Nevada.
Highest point
Elevation	2,340 m (7,680 ft)
Geography
	Tuscarora Mountains location of Tuscarora Mountains in Nevada
Country	United States
State	Nevada
District	Elko County
Range coordinates	41°20′38″N 116°14′48″W / 41.34389°N 116.24667°W
Topo map	USGS Sugarloaf Butte

The Tuscarora Mountains are a mountain range in Elko and Eureka counties of northern, Nevada.^[1] The southern perimeter of the north-south mountain range is the Humboldt River and valley. The community of Tuscarora lies on the east flank of the range.^[2]

The range is named after the Tuscarora people.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tuscarora Mountains
^ Nevada Atllas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 8th ed. 2012, p. 23 ISBN 9780899333342
^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 30.

[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tuscarora Mountains

[2] Nevada Atllas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 8th ed. 2012, p. 23 ISBN 9780899333342

[3] Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 30.

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