| Panamint Range | |
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 Panamint Range looking toward Telescope Peak | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Telescope Peak |
| Elevation | 11,043 ft (3,366 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Coordinates | 36°10′11″N117°05′21″W / 36.169815947°N 117.089198336°W /36.169815947; -117.089198336[1] |
| Geography | |
 Map of Death Valley region | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| District | Inyo County |
| Range coordinates | 36°10′11.8″N117°5′21.2″W / 36.169944°N 117.089222°W /36.169944; -117.089222[2] |
| Topo map | USGS Telescope Peak |
ThePanamint Range is a short ruggedfault-block mountain range in the northernMojave Desert, withinDeath Valley National Park inInyo County, easternCalifornia. A small part of the southern end of the range is inSan Bernardino County.[3] Dr.Darwin French is credited as applying the term Panamint in 1860 during his search for the fabled Gunsight Lode.[4]
The origin of the name is thePaiute or Koso word Panümünt or Pa (water) and nïwïnsti (person).[5][6]
The range runs north–south for approximately 100 miles (160 km) throughInyo County, forming the western wall ofDeath Valley and separating it from thePanamint Valley to the west. The range is part of theBasin and Range Province, at the western end of theGreat Basin.
The highest peak in the range isTelescope Peak, with an elevation of 11,043 feet (3,366 m).
BothMount Whitney above theOwens Valley andBadwater Basin inDeath Valley are visible from certain vantage points in the Panamint Range, making it one of few places where one can simultaneously see both the highest and lowest points in thecontiguous United States.Dante's View east of Death Valley is another.
Being asky island habitat of theMojave Desert, with more precipitation and temperature variation than the desert floor and hills, there are various plant and animal speciesendemic to the Panamint Range.
The Panamint Mining District is on the western side of the Panamint Range.[7]Panamint City (est. 1873) was a mining town in the district, formerly in the central section of the range.[7] The historicmining community ofBallarat (est. 1890s), also in the district, is now aghost town.[7] The Gold Hill Mining District (est. 1875) was in the southwestern section of the range, at the northeast end of Butte Valley.[8]
TheWildrose Charcoal Kilns (completed 1877) are ruins ofcharcoal kilns located near Wildrose Canyon in the northern range and within Death Valley National Park. They were built in 1877 by the Modock Consolidated Mining Company, to provide fuel for smelters near their lead and silver mines in theArgus Range. The ten beehive shaped masonry structures, about 25 feet (7.6 m) tall, are the best known surviving examples of such charcoal kilns in the western U.S.[9]
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