Mount Whitney

Mount Whitney
Mount Whitney
Fisherman's Peak
	East Face close-up seen from the Whitney Portal
Highest point
Elevation	14,505 ft (4,421 m) NAVD 88
Prominence	10,075.2 ft (3,070.9 m)
Parent peak	Pico de Orizaba
Isolation	1,647.2 mi (2,650.9 km)
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; California county high points 1st; SPS Emblem peak; Western States Climbers Star peak; Ultra-prominent peak;
Coordinates	36°34′43″N 118°17′31″W / 36.578580925°N 118.29199495°W
Naming
Etymology	Josiah Whitney
Geography
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Location	Sequoia National Park; Inyo National Forest; Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness; John Muir Wilderness; Inyo and Tulare counties, California, U.S. ;
Parent range	Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS Mount Whitney
Geology
Rock age	Cretaceous
Mountain type	Granite
Climbing
First ascent	August 18, 1873 by Charles Begole, Albert Johnson, and John Lucas
Easiest route	Mount Whitney Trail (class 1)

Mount Whitney (Paiute: Tumanguya; Too-man-i-goo-yah) is the highest mountain in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421.2 m).^[1] It is in East–Central California, in the Sierra Nevada, 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 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.

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^ "California 14,000-foot Peaks". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club.
^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
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^ "Find Distance and Azimuths Between 2 Sets of Coordinates". Federal Communications Commission. 11 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2019-04-23. Retrieved 2016-12-21. Coordinates of Mount Whitney = 36.578581, -118.291995 and Badwater Basin = 36.250278, -116.825833
^ "Death Valley National Park, Frequently Asked Questions". National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2016-12-21. Badwater Basin-282 feet below sea level...the lowest in North America.
^ NPS (ed.). "John Muir and Pacific Crest Trails". Archived from the original on 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2015-05-07.