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Mount Charleston, including Charleston Peak (Nuvagantu, literally "where snow sits", in Southern Paiute or Nüpakatütün in Shoshoni) at, is the highest mountain in both the Spring Mountains and Clark County, in Nevada, United States.[1]

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  1. 29 relations: Area 51, Carpenter 1 Fire, Central Intelligence Agency, Charleston, South Carolina, Clark County, Nevada, Colorado River Numic language, Contiguous United States, Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Federal Writers' Project, Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest, Las Vegas, Las Vegas Strip, List of highest points in Nevada by county, List of the major 100-kilometer summits of North America, List of the most prominent summits of the United States, List of ultras of North America, Lockheed U-2, Mahogany Fire, Mount Charleston Wilderness, Mount Charleston, Nevada, Mount Jefferson (Nevada), Nevada, Recreational vehicle, Shoshoni language, Spring Mountains, Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, Topographic prominence, Ultra-prominent peak, United States Geological Survey.

  2. Spring Mountains
  3. Tourist attractions in the Las Vegas Valley

Area 51

Area 51 is the common name of a highly classified United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range.

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Carpenter 1 Fire

The Carpenter 1 Fire was a large wildfire on Mount Charleston, northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. Mount Charleston and Carpenter 1 Fire are Spring Mountains.

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Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.

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Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area.

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Clark County, Nevada

Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Colorado River Numic language

Colorado River Numic (also called Ute, Southern Paiute, Ute–Southern Paiute, or Ute-Chemehuevi), of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family, is a dialect chain that stretches from southeastern California to Colorado.

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Contiguous United States

The contiguous United States (officially the conterminous United States) consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia of the United States of America in central North America.

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Douglas C-54 Skymaster

The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four-engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the Korean War.

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Federal Writers' Project

The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a federal government project in the United States created to provide jobs for out-of-work writers and to develop a history and overview of the United States, by state, cities and other jurisdictions.

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Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest

The Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest (HTNF) is the principal U.S. National Forest in the U.S. state of Nevada, and has a smaller portion in Eastern California.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas, often known as Sin City or simply Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County.

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Las Vegas Strip

The Las Vegas Strip is a stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada, that is known for its concentration of resort hotels and casinos.

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List of highest points in Nevada by county

This is a list of highest points in the U.S. state of Nevada, in alphabetical order by county.

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List of the major 100-kilometer summits of North America

The following sortable table comprises the 230 mountain peaks of greater North AmericaThis article defines greater North America as the portion of the continental landmass of the Americas extending westward and northward from the Isthmus of Panama plus the ocean islands surrounding that landmass.

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List of the most prominent summits of the United States

The following sortable table comprises the 200 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the United States of America.

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List of ultras of North America

The following sortable tables comprise the most topographically prominent mountain peaks of greater North America.

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Lockheed U-2

The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is an American single-engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated from the 1950s by the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

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Mahogany Fire

The Mahogany Fire was a wildfire that burned on Mount Charleston in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, approximately northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States.

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Mount Charleston Wilderness

The Mount Charleston Wilderness Area is located west of Las Vegas in the southern part of the state of Nevada in the western United States. Mount Charleston and Mount Charleston Wilderness are Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest and Spring Mountains.

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Mount Charleston, Nevada

Mount Charleston is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States. Mount Charleston and Mount Charleston, Nevada are Spring Mountains.

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Mount Jefferson (Nevada)

Mount Jefferson is the highest mountain in both the Toquima Range and Nye County in Nevada, United States. Mount Charleston and mount Jefferson (Nevada) are Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest and mountains of Nevada.

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Nevada

Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States.

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Recreational vehicle

A recreational vehicle, often abbreviated as RV, is a motor vehicle or trailer that includes living quarters designed for accommodation.

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Shoshoni language

Shoshoni, also written as Shoshoni-Gosiute and Shoshone (Shoshoni: soni' ta̲i̲kwappe, newe ta̲i̲kwappe or neme ta̲i̲kwappeh), is a Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family, spoken in the Western United States by the Shoshone people.

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Spring Mountains

The Spring Mountains are a mountain range of Southern Nevada in the United States, running generally northwest–southeast along the west side of Las Vegas and south to the border with California. Mount Charleston and Spring Mountains are Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest.

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Spring Mountains National Recreation Area

The Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (SMNRA) is a U.S. national recreation area, administered by the U.S. Forest Service, west of Las Vegas, Nevada. Mount Charleston and Spring Mountains National Recreation Area are Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest and Spring Mountains.

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Topographic prominence

In topography, prominence or relative height (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling it but containing no higher summit within it.

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Ultra-prominent peak

An ultra-prominent peak, or ultra for short, is a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more; it is also called a P1500.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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See also

Spring Mountains

Tourist attractions in the Las Vegas Valley

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Charleston

Also known as Charleston Peak, Charleston Peak (Nevada), Charleston Peak, Nevada, Mount Charleston (Nevada), Mt. Charleston.