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The Funeral Mountains are a short, arid mountain range in the United States along the California-Nevada border approximately 100 mi (160 km) west of Las Vegas. A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys The United States of America —commonly referred to as the California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Nevada ( is a state located in the western region of the United States of America. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally The mountains are considered a subrange of the Amargosa Range that form the eastern wall of Death Valley. The Amargosa Range is a Mountain range in Inyo County California and Nye County Nevada. Death Valley is the lowest driest and hottest Valley in the United States. The Amargosa Desert lies along the eastern flank of the range in Nevada. The Amargosa Desert is located in western Nevada, USA, along the border with California. The crest of the range is within Death Valley National Park. Death Valley National Park is a mostly Arid United States National Park located east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in southern Inyo County The range connects to the Grapevine Mountains on the north and Black Mountains on the south. The Grapevine Mountains are located along the eastern border of California in the United States. The Black Mountains of California are located in the eastern part of the state in Death Valley National Park. According to information provided by the Bureau of Land Management web site, the highest peak in the range is 5300 ft (1616 m). The Bureau of Land Management (BLM is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers America's Public lands totaling approximately Other sources, including United States Geological Survey and various commercial maps, list the highest point as Pyramid Peak, at 6703 ft (2043 m). The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government.