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The Whipple Mountains, Avii Kur'utat''〔Munro, P et al. ''A Mojave Dictionary'' Los Angeles: UCLA, 1992〕 in the Mojave language, are located in eastern San Bernardino County, California. They are directly west of the Colorado River, Parker Dam, and Lake Havasu; south of Needles, California; north of Parker, Arizona and Vidal, California; and northeast of Vidal Junction, California. The mountain forms a major direction change of the north-south Colorado, as it changes directions to southeast, then southwest around the eastern perimeter of the Whipple Mountains. The highest point of the mountains, and the Whipple Mountains Wilderness is Whipple Mountain at . The western portion of the mountain range has pale green formations, differing from the eastern, steeply carved and striking brick-red volcanics. Landforms are diverse and range from valley floors and washes to steep-walled canyons, domed peaks, natural bridges, and eroded spires.〔U.S. Bureau of Land Management website (''Whipple Mountains Wilderness'' ). Retrieved 2011-01-27〕 The mountains were named after Amiel Weeks Whipple, a lieutenant in the US Army who surveyed the region in the 1840s, and later died in Chancellorsville in the Civil War.〔(''Amiel Weeks Whipple,'' Digital-Desert: Mojave Desert )〕 ==Geography== The range stretches approximately in an east-west direction, and reaches an elevation of at Savahia Peak at the western end. The Whipple Mountains are home to many mines including the Independence Mine and Bessie Mine. The range lies in the Colorado Desert, the northwestern section of the Sonoran Desert, and in the Lower Colorado River Valley region. The Turtle Mountains are to the west, the Mopah Range adjacent on the south, and the Chemehuevi Mountains upriver to the north. Whipple Peak is the highest point in the range at an elevation of 4,131 ft; it lies west of the range's center, and Whipple Wash flows northeast from the peak. The following United States Geological Survey (USGS) 7.5' Quadrangle maps provide coverage of the Whipple Mountains: *Gene Wash *Havasu Lake *Lake Havasu City South *Parker *Parker NW *Savahia Peak *Whipple Mountains SW *Whipple Wash 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Whipple Mountains」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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