The Ord Mountains are located in the Mojave Desert of southern California, USA. The range lies in a generally east-west direction, and reaches an elevation of 6,068 feet (1,850 m) above sea level at East Ord Mountain. The range is approximately 14 miles (23 km) long, and is about 17 mi (27 km) southeast of the city of Barstow. The Ord Mountains lie directly north of the Lucerne Valley and the San Bernardino Mountains.
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“Have We not made the earth as a cradle
and the mountains as pegs?
And We created you in pairs,
and We appointed your sleep for a rest;
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And We have built above you seven strong ones,
and We appointed a blazing lamp
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—Qur’an, “The Tiding” 78:6-16, ed. Arthur J. Arberry (1955)