Monument Peak is a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1] The elevation is 6,283 feet (1,915 m).[1]
![Monument Peak as seen from bottom of the Frogland Buttress in the Whisky Peak, Black Velvet Canyon, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Red_Rocks_-_Black_Velvet_Canyon_-_The_Monument_-_1.jpg/200px-Red_Rocks_-_Black_Velvet_Canyon_-_The_Monument_-_1.jpg)
Monument Peak was named for the "monuments", i.e. stone prospectors' markers near it.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Monument Peak
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 27.
41°00′34″N 115°53′13″W / 41.00944°N 115.88694°W