Fortification Hill

Fortification Hill
Highest point
Elevation	3,719 ft (1,134 m)
Prominence	3,719 ft (1,134 m)
Coordinates	36°02′40″N 114°40′52″W / 36.044368°N 114.681134°WCoordinates: 36°02′40″N 114°40′52″W / 36.044368°N 114.681134°W
Geography
Fortification Hill Mohave County, Arizona, U.S.
Parent range	Black Mountains (Arizona)

Fortification Hill is a prominence adjacent Lake Mead in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area; it is located at the northwest terminus region of the Black Mountains (Arizona), and specifically the north region of the Black Mountains. It is near a southern section of Lake Mead, and just northeast of Hoover Dam. It can easily be seen eastward across Las Vegas Bay or from the two northern mountain terminuses of Eldorado Mountains (Nevada), or the Black Mountains (Arizona).

The mountain prominence is plateau-like, or mesa-like with its highpoint at the southeast terminus, and sloping north and northwestwards toward Lake Mead. The prominence is 3,719 feet (1,134 m).^[1]

The flat mountaintop, sloping northwards is composed of Tertiary basaltic lava flows (Tb).^[2]

See also

• Black Mountains (Arizona)
• Eldorado Mountains
• List of mountains of Arizona by height

References

1. Highpoint, peakbagger.com
2. Geologic Highway Map of Arizona, from Geology: Arizona Geological Survey Map 26, 1988.

• Geologic Highway Map of Arizona, from Geology: Arizona Geological Survey Map 26, 1988.

External links

• Coordinates & elevation, peakbagger.com; same, larger photo, from trailhead

Fortification Hill, photo, write-up (geology, etc.)

• Photo & write-up, Lake Mead National Recreation Area at 3dparks.wr.usgs.gov