Black Dome (Arizona)
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Black Dome is the highest point on the west end of the Tank Mountains
, located in the northwestern Sonoran Desert
in northeastern Yuma County
, Arizona.
The western two thirds of the Tank Mountains, and Black Dome are located in the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
. The east-west trending Tank Mountains lie next to the Kofa Mountains
to the northwest.
Tank Mountains
The Tank Mountains are a mountain range in the Sonoran Desert of southwest Arizona; the range is part of the eastern border of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge....
, located in the northwestern Sonoran Desert
Sonoran Desert
The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which straddles part of the United States-Mexico border and covers large parts of the U.S. states of Arizona and California and the northwest Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur. It is one of the largest and hottest...
in northeastern Yuma County
Yuma County, Arizona
-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*70.4% White*2.0% Black*1.6% Native American*1.2% Asian*0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.8% Two or more races*20.8% Other races*59.7% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
, Arizona.
The western two thirds of the Tank Mountains, and Black Dome are located in the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
The Kofa National Wildlife Refuge is located northeast of Yuma, Arizona, southeast of Quartzsite, Arizona, in the southwestern United States. The refuge, established in 1939 to protect Desert Bighorn Sheep, encompasses over of the Yuma Desert region of the Sonoran Desert...
. The east-west trending Tank Mountains lie next to the Kofa Mountains
Kofa Mountains
The Kofa Mountains is the central mountain range comprising the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, about 60 miles northeast of Yuma, Arizona in the southwestern part of the state...
to the northwest.