Cortez
Cortez is a ghost town in Lander County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: ghost town in Nevada, United States
- Also known as: “Cortez, Nevada”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Tenabo.
Mount Tenabo
Peak
Mount Tenabo is the principal peak in the Cortez Mountains. The mountain is of cultural and religious significance to the Western Shoshone people. Mount Tenabo is situated 2 miles northeast of Cortez.
Cortez
- Category: ghost town
- Location: Lander, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.14103° or 40° 8′ 28″ northLongitude
-116.60342° or 116° 36′ 12″ westElevation
6,132 feet (1,869 metres)Open location code
85G549RW+CJOpenStreetMap ID
node 150933211OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Navajo—“Cortez” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “科特斯”
- Navajo: “Dziłdóó Adéestʼį́ʼí (kinsááʼ)”
- Navajo: “Dziłdóó Adéestʼį́ʼí”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cortez Mine and Artic Mine.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cortez”. Photo: Trpster* a.k.a. PaulaJean JohnsonCassel, CC BY 2.0.