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Mormon Mesa

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In the south above the confluence of the Muddy and Virgin Rivers, it rises to a height of 1,893 feet (577 meters). It extends northward to the foot of the
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The 149,000 acres (60,000 ha) Mormon Mesa Desert Tortoise Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Mormon Mesa ACEC), protects habitat of the
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Bureau of Land Management: Map of Mormon Mesa Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Mormon Mesa ACEC)
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BLM, Southern Nevada District Office: Areas of Critical Environmental Concern in Southern Nevada
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MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles): "Double Negative" by Michael Heizer
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mormon Mesa
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in 1969, is located on an edge of Mormon Mesa, near
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mesa
Virgin River
Muddy River
Clark County
Nevada
Mormon Mountains
East Mormon Mountains
Toquop Wash
36°48′19″N 114°14′05″W / 36.80528°N 114.23472°W / 36.80528; -114.23472
Desert tortoise
endangered species
creosote
bursage
Mojave
Double Negative
Land art
Michael Heizer
Overton
Virginia Dwan
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
Flora of the Great Basin
Natural history of the Mojave Desert
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mormon Mesa



BLM, Southern Nevada District Office: Areas of Critical Environmental Concern in Southern Nevada
Bureau of Land Management: Map of Mormon Mesa Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Mormon Mesa ACEC)
MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles): "Double Negative" by Michael Heizer

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