Mount Clarence King
Mount Clarence King centered
(from Glen Pass, Mt. Cotter to left)
Highest point
Elevation12,867+ ft (3922+ m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence1,149 ft (350 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Gould[2]
Listing
Coordinates36°50′00″N 118°26′47″W / 36.8332691°N 118.4464872°W / 36.8332691; -118.4464872[5]
Geography
Mount Clarence King is located in California
Mount Clarence King
Mount Clarence King
Mount Clarence King is located in the United States
Mount Clarence King
Mount Clarence King
LocationFresno County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Mount Clarence King
Climbing
First ascent1896 by Bolton C. Brown[6]
Easiest routeTechnical, class 5.4[7]

Mount Clarence King, located in the Kings Canyon National Park, is named for Clarence King, who worked on the Whitney Survey, the first geological survey of California. King later became the first chief of the United States Geological Survey.[6]

The Peak is located along King Spur, a sub-range of the California's Sierra Nevada. It is north of Mount Cotter, northeast of Gardiner Basin, and west of Sixty Lakes Basin and the John Muir Trail.[8] The first ascent was recorded by painter and lithographer Bolton Brown.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mount Clarence King, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  2. ^ "Mount Clarence King". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  3. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  4. ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  5. ^ "Mount Clarence King". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  6. ^ a b Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley: Wilderness Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-89997-119-3.
  7. ^ Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 256. ISBN 978-0871561473.
  8. ^ "Mount Clarence King". Acme mapper. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  9. ^ Cheryl Angelina Koehler (March 2007). Touring the Sierra Nevada. University of Nevada Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-87417-700-8. Retrieved 19 December 2011.

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