Mount Clarence King
| Mount Clarence King | |
|---|---|
North aspect | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 12,867+ ft (3922+ m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 1,149 ft (350 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Mount Gould[2] |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 36°50′00″N 118°26′47″W / 36.8332691°N 118.4464872°W[5] |
| Geography | |
Mount Clarence King Mount Clarence King | |
| Location | Fresno County, California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Clarence King |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1896 by Bolton C. Brown[6] |
| Easiest route | Technical, 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]
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Clarence King is located in an alpine climate zone.[10] Weather fronts coming off the Pacific Ocean travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range.
Gallery
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Mount Clarence King from the north
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Mount Clarence King centered
(from Glen Pass, Mt. Cotter to left)
See also
References
- ^ a b "Mount Clarence King, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- ^ "Mount Clarence King". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
- ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ^ "Mount Clarence King". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 29, 2008.
- ^ a b Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley: Wilderness Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-89997-119-3.
- ^ Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 256. ISBN 978-0871561473.
- ^ "Mount Clarence King". Acme mapper. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ^ Cheryl Angelina Koehler (March 2007). Touring the Sierra Nevada. University of Nevada Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-87417-700-8. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ^ "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica.
External links
- Mount Clarence King from Cotter (photo): Flickr
- "Mount Clarence King". SummitPost.org.