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Mount Whitney
highest mountain in California and the contiguous United States
Details
- Instance of
- mountain
- Located in
- Tulare County, Inyo County
- Country
- United States
- Material
- granite
- Elevation
- 4421 m
- described by source
- The Encyclopedia Americana, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921, New International Encyclopedia, Place Names of the High Sierra
- has climbing route
- John Muir Trail
- located in protected area
- Sequoia National Park, John Muir Wilderness, Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness, Inyo National Forest
- mountain range
- Sierra Nevada
- named after
- Josiah Whitney
- native label
- Mount Whitney
- parent peak
- Citlaltepetl
- significant event
- first ascent, first winter ascent
- time period
- Cretaceous
- topic's main category
- Category:Mount Whitney
- topographic isolation
- 2651 km
- topographic prominence
- 3073 m
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