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Mount Clarence King
Elevation 12,861 feet (3,920 m) [1]
Location Fresno County, California, USA
Range Sierra Nevada
Prominence 1,149 feet (350 m) [1]
Parent peak Black Mountain [2]
Coordinates 36°50′00″N 118°26′47″W / 36.8332691°N 118.4464872°W / 36.8332691; -118.4464872Coordinates: 36°50′00″N 118°26′47″W / 36.8332691°N 118.4464872°W / 36.8332691; -118.4464872 [3]
Topo map USGS Mount Clarence King 36118-G4
First ascent 1896 by Bolton C. Brown [4]
Listing SPS Emblem peak [5]

Mount Clarence King is a mountain of California's Sierra Nevada, in Kings Canyon National Park.

The peak was named for Clarence King, who worked on the first California Geological Survey. He organized the United States Geological Survey and was its first chief.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Mount Clarence King, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2759. Retrieved 2008-12-29. 
  2. ^ "Whitney V. P1000s, California Mountain Atlas". Peaklist.org. http://www.peaklist.org/CAmtnatlas/P1000/tables/Whitney5.html. Retrieved 2009-01-18. 
  3. ^ "Mount Clarence King". Geographic Names Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:258396. Retrieved 2008-12-29. 
  4. ^ Voge, Hervey H.; Andrew J. Smatko (1972). Mountaineer's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 260. OCLC 402555. 
  5. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/spslist.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
  6. ^ Farquhar, Francis P.. Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/place_names_of_the_high_sierra/c.html. Retrieved 2007-08-12. 


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