Telescope Peak

mountain peak, California, United States

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Telescope Peak is the highest point in the Panamint Range, a mountain group located primarily in Inyo County, eastern California, U.S. This peak reaches an elevation of 11,049 feet (3,368 meters) and forms the western boundary of Death Valley. The Panamint Range itself averages between 6,000 and 11,000 feet in elevation and is named after a group of the Shoshone, an Indigenous people of the Great Basin.12

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Death Valley
…west is the 11,049-foot (3,368-metre) Telescope Peak, the area’s highest point. Death Valley was an obstacle to movements of pioneer settlers (whence its name was derived) and later was a centre of borax exploitation; its extreme environment now attracts tourists and scientists.
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…west is the 11,049-foot (3,368-metre) Telescope Peak, the area’s highest point. Death Valley was an obstacle to movements of pioneer settlers (whence its name was derived) and later was a centre of borax exploitation; its extreme environment now attracts tourists and scientists.
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Panamint Range
…feet (2,000 to 3,000 meters); Telescope Peak, at 11,049 feet (3,368 meters), is the highest point. Some mining ghost towns are found within the range, which derives its name from a group of the Shoshone, one of the Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin.
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…feet (2,000 to 3,000 meters); Telescope Peak, at 11,049 feet (3,368 meters), is the highest point. Some mining ghost towns are found within the range, which derives its name from a group of the Shoshone, one of the Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin.
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