The Cortez Mountains are located in north central Nevada in the United States.

Mount Tenabo is the principal peak of the range, at 9,153 feet above sea level.

[3] The northeastern end of the range reaches the Humboldt River at Palisade about 9.5 miles (15.3 km) southwest of Carlin.

The side-blotched lizard and the chisel-toothed kangaroo rat are also found in the mountains.

[citation needed] The range is named after Hernán Cortés, the 16th-century Spanish conquistador.