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Mount Davidson
Mount Davidson is located in Nevada
Mount Davidson
Mount Davidson
Location in Nevada
Highest point
Elevation 7,868 ft (2,398 m) NAVD 88
Prominence 2,704 ft (824 m)
Listing Nevada County High Points 17th
Geography
Location Storey County, Nevada, U.S.
Parent range Virginia Range
Topo map USGS Mount Davidson

Mount Davidson is both the highest and most topographically prominent mountain in both Storey County, Nevada, and the Virginia Range. The mountain forms a backdrop for the mining boomtown of Virginia City which was built above the Comstock Lode silver strike.

Mount Davidson was named after Donald Davidson, a geologist.

Mark Twain mentions a flag on Mount Davidson in his semi-autobiographical book Roughing It. As of 2003 the flagpole was still standing.

See also

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