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 ft (3,071 m)
Parent peak	Pico de Orizaba
Isolation	1,647 mi (2,651 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
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
Age of rock	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 and the Sierra Nevada, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). It is in East–Central California, on the boundary between California's Inyo and Tulare counties, and 84.6 miles (136.2 km) west-northwest of North America's lowest point, Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, at 282 ft (86 m) below sea level. 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. The eastern slopes are in Inyo National Forest in Inyo County. Mount Whitney is ranked 18th by topographic isolation.

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