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The sheer limestone wall of Notch Peak from Sawtooth Canyon

Fig. 1The sheer limestone wall of Notch Peak from Sawtooth Canyon

Photo: Qfl247 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

Landform

A sheer House Range limestone wall — the named notch seen from Sawtooth Canyon, not a west-desert playa.

Field note

The face is a mile of bedded stone. The notch is the name. West of Delta the House Range rises alone. This is the massif, not a dry lake.

Notch Peak is a House Range limestone wall west of Delta, the named notch read from Sawtooth Canyon. A mile of bedded stone stands alone above the west desert. This is the massif, not a playa, not a dry lake, and not canyon-country sandstone.

A private leaf

Prints from Notch Peak


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