Moont Whitney
Appearance
Mount Whitney | |
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East Face close-up seen from the Whitney Portal. | |
Heichest pynt | |
Elevation | 14,505 ft (4,421 m) NAVD 88[3] |
Prominence | 10,080 ft (3,070 m) [1] Ranked 81st |
Isolation | 2,651 kilometre (1,647 mi) |
Paurent peak | Nevado de Toluca[1] |
Leetin | Ultra U.S. state heich pynt Californie fowerteener SPS Emblem peak[2] |
Coordinates | 36°34′43″N 118°17′31″W / 36.578580925°N 118.29199495°WCoordinates: 36°34′43″N 118°17′31″W / 36.578580925°N 118.29199495°W [3] |
Geografie | |
Location | Sequoia Naitional Pairk / Inyo Naitional Forest, Californie, U.S. |
Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
Topo map | USGS Moont Whitney |
Geology | |
Age o rock | Cretaceous |
Muntain teep | Granite |
Climbing | |
First ascent | August 18, 1873 bi Charles Begole, Albert Johnson, an John Lucas[4] |
Easiest route | Moont Whitney Trail (class 1) |
Moont Whitney is the heichest summit in the contiguous Unitit States an the Sierra Nevada, wi an elevation o 14,505 feet (4,421 m).[3]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b "Mount Whitney, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 22 Januar 2014.
- ↑ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club.
- ↑ a b c "Whitney". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 22 Januar 2014.
- ↑ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved 12 August 2007.
Categeries:
- Fowerteeners o Californie
- Heichest pynts o U.S. states
- Inyo Naitional Forest
- Moontains o Inyo Coonty, Californie
- Moontains o Sequoia Naitional Pairk
- Moontains o the John Muir Wilderness
- Moontains o Tulare Coonty, Californie
- Seembols o Californie
- Unitit States Naitional Pairk heich pynts
- North American 4000 m summits