Editing Inyo Mountains (section)

{{short description|Mountain range in California, United States}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name              =Inyo Mountains
| photo             =Owens.lake.arp.750pix.jpg
| photo_caption     =Inyo Mountains from space
| country           = United States
| subdivision1_type = States
| subdivision1      = {{hlist|California|Nevada}}
| parent            = Basin and Range Province
| borders_on        = [[White Mountains (California)|White Mountains]], [[Sierra Nevada]]
| range_coordinates = 
| length_mi         = 70
| width_mi          = 10
| highest           =[[Waucoba Mountain]]<ref>{{cite gnis|id= 237364|name=Waucoba Mountain|access-date=2009-05-03}}</ref>
| highest_location  =~18 mi (29&nbsp;km) southeast of [[Big Pine, California|Big Pine]].
| elevation_ft      = 11123
| coordinates       = {{coord|36|10|00|N|118|00|03|W|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| map_image         =Wpdms shdrlfi020l inyo mountains.jpg
| map_caption       =
}}

[[File:Inyo Mountain Wilderness.jpg|thumb|Inyo Mountain Wilderness]]
[[Image:Inyos N of NYButte.jpg|thumb|Inyo Mountain crest, north of New York Butte]]

The '''Inyo Mountains''' are a short [[mountain range]] east of the [[Sierra Nevada]] in eastern [[California]] in the [[United States]].<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=266850|name=Inyo Mountains|access-date=2009-05-03}}</ref> The range separates the [[Owens Valley]] to the west from [[Saline Valley]] to the east, extending for approximately {{convert|70|mi}} south-southeast from the southern end of the [[White Mountains (California)|White Mountains]], from which they are separated by [[Westgard Pass]], to the east of [[Owens Lake]].

[[Geology|Geologically]], the mountains are a [[Fault-block mountain|fault block]] range in the [[Basin and Range Province]], at the western end of the [[Great Basin]]. They are considered to be among the most important and best-known Late [[Proterozoic]] to [[Cambrian]] sections in the United States.<ref>[http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cambrian/whites.html Localities of the Cambrian: White-Inyo Mountains]</ref>