Mount Whitney

Mount Whitney
Fisherman's Peak
East Face close-up seen from the Whitney Portal
Highest point
Elevation14,505 ft (4,421 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence10,075 ft (3,071 m)[2]
Parent peakPico de Orizaba[3]
Isolation1,647 mi (2,651 km)[2]
Listing
  • World's most prominent peaks 81st
  • World's most isolated peaks 18th
  • North America's highest peaks 24th
  • North America's prominent peaks 16th
  • North America's isolated peaks 4th
  • U.S. state high point 2nd
  • U.S. highest major peaks 11th
  • California's highest major peaks 1st
  • California fourteeners 1st[4]
  • Ultra-prominent peak
Coordinates36°34′43″N 118°17′31″W / 36.578580925°N 118.29199495°W / 36.578580925; -118.29199495[1]
Naming
EtymologyJosiah Whitney
Geography
Mount Whitney
Mount Whitney
Location
  • Sequoia National Park
  • Inyo National Forest
  • Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness
  • John Muir Wilderness
  •  Inyo and Tulare counties, California, U.S. 
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Mount Whitney
Geology
Rock ageCretaceous
Mountain typeGranite
Climbing
First ascentAugust 18, 1873 by Charles Begole, Albert Johnson, and John Lucas[5]
Easiest routeMount Whitney Trail (class 1)

Mount Whitney (Paiute: Too-man-i-goo-yah[6] or Too-man-go-yah[7]) is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, and the highest point in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m).[1] It lies in East–Central California on the boundary between Inyo and Tulare counties, and 84.6 miles (136.2 km)[8] west-northwest of North America's lowest topographic 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 and 81st by prominence on Earth.

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  4. ^ "California 14,000-foot Peaks". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
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  6. ^ Wallace, WB (1902). "A Night on Mount Whitney". Mt Whitney Club Journal. 1 (1). ISBN 978-0-944220-22-1. {{cite journal}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  7. ^ Porcella, Stephen; Burns, Cameron (1998). Climbing California's Fourteeners: The Route Guide to the Fifteen Highest Peaks. Mountaineers. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-89886-555-4.
  8. ^ "Find Distance and Azimuths Between 2 Sets of Coordinates". Federal Communications Commission. December 11, 2015. Archived from the original on April 23, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2016. Coordinates of Mount Whitney = 36.578581, -118.291995 and Badwater Basin = 36.250278, -116.825833
  9. ^ "Death Valley National Park, Frequently Asked Questions". National Park Service. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016. Badwater Basin-282 feet below sea level...the lowest in North America.
  10. ^ NPS (ed.). "John Muir and Pacific Crest Trails". Archived from the original on May 3, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
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