Toano Range Explained

Country:	United States
Subdivision1 Type:	States
Subdivision4 Type:	Peaks
Length Mi:	13
Length Orientation:	SSW to NNE
Width Mi:	4
Area Mi2:	56
Coordinates:	40.9767°N -114.309°W
Map:	Nevada

The Toano Range is a mountain range located in eastern Elko County, Nevada in the United States. The highest point in the range reaches .^[1] The range is separated from the Goshute Mountains to the south by Morgan Pass.^[2]

Interstate 80 and Union Pacific Railroad's Central Corridor(former Feather River Route), used both by freight trains and Amtrak's California Zephyr, cross the Toano range via Silver Zone Pass. On the eastern approach to the pass the railroad makes a near 360 degree hairpin bend called the Arnold Loop.

Toano is a name derived from the Shoshoni language meaning "pipe camp".^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Toano Range Range - Nevada Mountain Peak Information . mountainzone.com . 2009-12-09.
2. Web site: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1593 - An Outline of Tectonic, Igneous, and Metamorphic Events in the Goshute-Toano Range Between Silver Zone Pass and White Horse Pass, Elko County, Nevada: A History of Superposed Contractional and Extensional Deformation . Keith B. Ketner . Warren C. Day . Maya Elrick . Myra K. Vaag . Robert A. Zimmermann . Lawrence W. Snee . Richard W. Saltus . John E. Repetski . Bruce R. Wardlaw . Michael E. Taylor . Anita G. Harris . amp . 1998 . . 2014-11-04.
3. Book: Bright, William. Native American Placenames of the United States. 2004. University of Oklahoma Press. 978-0-8061-3598-4. 498.