Sylvania Mountains
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The Sylvania Mountains are located in Inyo County, California
Inyo County, California
-National protected areas:* Death Valley National Park * Inyo National Forest * Manzanar National Historic Site-Major highways:* U.S. Route 6* U.S. Route 395* State Route 127* State Route 136* State Route 168* State Route 178...

 and Esmeralda County, Nevada
Esmeralda County, Nevada
Esmeralda County is a county in the west of U.S. state of Nevada. Its county seat is Goldfield. Its 2000 census population was officially 971, making its population density 0.1045 inhabitants/km² , the second-lowest of any county-equivalent outside of Alaska. As of 2010, the population had...

 in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. The range trends in an east-west direction north of the Last Chance Range
Last Chance Range
for the mountain range of the same name in Nye County, Nevada.The Last Chance Range of California is located near the Nevada state line in eastern Inyo County in the United States....

 at the northern end of Death Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park is a national park in the U.S. states of California and Nevada located east of the Sierra Nevada in the arid Great Basin of the United States. The park protects the northwest corner of the Mojave Desert and contains a diverse desert environment of salt-flats, sand dunes,...

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The Last Chance Range
Last Chance Range
for the mountain range of the same name in Nye County, Nevada.The Last Chance Range of California is located near the Nevada state line in eastern Inyo County in the United States....

 and Death Valley
Death Valley
Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California. Situated within the Mojave Desert, it features the lowest, driest, and hottest locations in North America. Badwater, a basin located in Death Valley, is the specific location of the lowest elevation in North America at 282 feet below...

 are to the south, the Slate Range to the southeast, and the Palmetto Mountains
Palmetto Mountains
The Palmetto Mountains are a mountain range in Esmeralda County, Nevada. The Lida Mining District and Lida, Nevada are located in the range.The mountains are east of the Sylvania Mountains and north of the Slate Range and Death Valley. It is a sub-range of the Silver Peak Range further northwest. ...

 due east.

Sylvania Mountains Wilderness

The Sylvania Mountains Wilderness
Sylvania Mountains Wilderness
The Sylvania Mountains Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area located east of Bishop in the state of California. The wilderness is 18,677acres in size and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management . The California Desert Protection Act of 1994 created the Sylvania Mountains...

 protects over 18000 acres (72.8 km²) of the range in California. It is managed by the Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers America's public lands, totaling approximately , or one-eighth of the landmass of the country. The BLM also manages of subsurface mineral estate underlying federal, state and private...

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