Mount Whitney
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Mount Whitney (Paiute: Tumanguya; Too-man-i-goo-yah) is the highest mountain in the contiguous United States and the Sierra Nevada, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m).[1] It is in East–Central California, on the boundary between California's Inyo and Tulare counties, and 84.6 miles (136.2 km)[8] west-northwest of North America's lowest point, Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, at 282 ft (86 m) below sea level.[9] The mountain's west slope is in Sequoia National Park and the summit is the southern terminus of the John Muir Trail, which runs 211.9 mi (341.0 km) from Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley.[10] The eastern slopes are in Inyo National Forest in Inyo County. Mount Whitney is ranked 18th by topographic isolation.
Mount Whitney | |
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Fisherman's Peak | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 14,505 ft (4,421 m) NAVD 88[1] |
Prominence | 10,075 ft (3,071 m)[2] |
Parent peak | Pico de Orizaba[3] |
Isolation | 1,647 mi (2,651 km)[2] |
Listing |
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Coordinates | 36°34′43″N 118°17′31″W[1] |
Naming | |
Etymology | Josiah Whitney |
Geography | |
Location | |
Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
Topo map | USGS Mount Whitney |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Cretaceous |
Mountain type | Granite |
Climbing | |
First ascent | August 18, 1873 by Charles Begole, Albert Johnson, and John Lucas[7] |
Easiest route | Mount Whitney Trail (class 1) |