Description
In Inyo National Forest/Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, in the White Mountains, 10 mi E of Laws; Sec 30, T6S, R35E, Mount Diablo Meridian
History
Named in honor of former UCLA geology professor Clemens Arvid Nelson (1918-2004), paleontologist, WWII veteran, and researcher of trilobites and Early-to-Middle Cambrian boundaries of the area.