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The University of California, Riverside, operates the Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center within the Mojave National Preserve. It is a research and teaching center that was established by the late Professor Dr. Kenneth Norris] of U.C. Santa Cruz in 1978 and is now managed out of University of California, Riverside.
The Granite Mountains is an overall, east-west trending mountain range in the Mojave Desert and northern San Bernardino County, California. It lies within Fort Irwin National Training Center , about 10 mi (16 km) north of Fort Irwin.
Detailed descriptions and mapping of the geology of the Granite Mountains range are lacking. A 1:250,000 scale geologic map of the region by Bortugno and Spittler [3] shows the area of the Granite mountains north of the Helendale fault zone to consist of Jurassic or Cretaceous quartz monzonite.
Map this section's coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Klamath Mountains-California Coast Ranges: 9,037 ft 2754.6 m: ... Granite Mountains: 4,359 ft 1329 m: 3,346 ft
The Granite Mountains are a mountain range in northern Riverside County, California, United States. The range is east of Joshua Tree National Park, and is one of four mountain ranges in the Mojave Desert to share this name. The range is about 12 miles northwest to southeast, and about 4 miles wide.
Map of California topography and geomorphic provinces California's major mountain ranges. California is a U.S. state on the western coast of North America.Covering an area of 163,696 sq mi (423,970 km 2), California is among the most geographically diverse states.
Granite Mountains may refer to one of at least eight mountain ranges in the United States: Granite Mountains (Alaska) Granite Mountains (Arizona) Granite Mountains (California) (eastern San Bernardino County) Granite Mountains (northern San Bernardino County, California) Granite Mountains (western San Bernardino County, California)
Mount Whitney is the highest mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States. The following list comprises the mountain ranges of U.S. State of California designated by the United States Board on Geographic Names and cataloged in the Geographic Names Information System .