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Pavant Range

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Width
  
15 mi (24 km) E-W

District
  
Sevier County, Utah

District
  
Millard County, Utah

Counties
  
Millard and Sevier

Country
  
United States of America

Pavant Range

Peak
  
Mine Camp Peak (Pavant Range center, west (Millard County))

Length
  
50 mi (80 km) SSW x NNE

Region
  
Great Basin Desert, southeast

Cities
  
Fillmore, UT, Richfield, UT & Maple Grove, UT

Similar
  
Pahvant Butte, Cove Fort, Mineral Mountains, Utah Territorial Statehouse, Mount Dutton

The Pavant Range (also Pahvant) is a mountain range in central Utah east of Fillmore. The range is named for the Pahvant tribe, a branch of the Ute Indians. The tallest peak is Mine Camp Peak at 10,222 feet (3,116 m). Most of the land in the Pavant range is part of Fishlake National Forest.

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Map of Pahvant Range, Utah, USA

Richfield lies in the Sevier River valley to the southeast of the range and Fillmore lies in the Pavant Valley along the northwest side of the range.

The Pavant Range merges into the Tushar Mountains on the south.

TransportationEdit

Interstate 15 crosses the extreme north end of the range at Scipio pass, near Scipio. Interstate 70 crosses at a pass between the Pavant Range and the Tushar Mountains to the south.

MeteoriteEdit

Iron meteorite fragments with a mass of 240 grams (8.5 oz) named the Salina meteorite were found in the Pavant Range in 1908.

References

Pavant Range Wikipedia