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Mount Clarence King

Mount Clarence King
Mount Clarence King is located in California
Mount Clarence King
Mount Clarence King
Mount Clarence King is located in the US
Mount Clarence King
Mount Clarence King
Highest point
Elevation 12,867+ ft (3922+ m)  NAVD 88
Prominence 1,149 ft (350 m) 
Parent peak Mount Gould
Listing
  • SPS Emblem peak
  • Western States Climbers Star peak
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
Geography
Location Fresno County, California, U.S.
Parent range Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Mount Clarence King
Climbing
First ascent 1896 by Bolton C. Brown
Easiest route Technical, class 5.4

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.

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. The first ascent was recorded by painter and lithographer Bolton Brown.



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