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Mount Moriah Wilderness

Wilderness Area

The Mount Moriah Wilderness is an 89,790-acre wilderness area in the northern Snake Range of White Pine County, in eastern Nevada. Designated in 1989, it is jointly administered by the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which manages about 8,700 acres in the wilderness's northern portion. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Designation Category
Wilderness Area 2
Established Year
1989 1
Area (sq km)
363.37 1
Governing Body
U.S. Forest Service & 1
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
U.S. Forest Service 1
Sources
1. Mount Moriah Wilderness (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph
    Wilderness was designated in 1989 and is administered by the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, as some 8,700 acres (3,500 ha) in the northern portion of the Wilderness lies on BLM land.
  • Infobox, area (converted to square kilometres where the infobox gives another unit)
  • Lead section
    Moriah Wilderness is a 89,790-acre (36,340 ha) wilderness area in the northern part of the Snake Range of White Pine County, in the eastern section of the state of Nevada in the western United States.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
    U.S. Forest Service &
  • Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
    U.S. Forest Service &
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2. Wikidata: Mount Moriah Wilderness
  • Wikidata Q6922275, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q6922275 P31 instance-of
  • Part Of: United States, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: United States
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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