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Out of the Valley of Death and into an Upside Down Mountain

Source info:

Author: Garry Hayes
Date: 2014-04-19 01:46:00
Blog: Geotripper
URL: http://geotripper.blogspot.com/2014/04/out-of-valley-of-death-and-into-upside.html

Summary:

The Grapevine Mountains form the eastern margin of the Death Valley north of Stovepipe Wells, reaching elevations of nearly 9,000 feet in places. It's an imposing range, stark, barren, and rugged. All of the mountains of Death Valley are rugged pretty much by default, but erosion has not pierced deeply into many of them. They're too young geologically to have been effected much by mudflows and

Content analysis:

Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
Death ValleyUS36.4571-116.866
Stove Pipe WellsUS36.6079-117.142

Keywords:

Bonanza King Formation, Death Valley, default, eastern margin, elevations, erosion, feet, Grapevine Mountains, places, range, Stovepipe Wells, Upside Down Mountain

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