Mount Humphreys

Mount Humphreys
Mount Humphreys

Mount Humphreys from Humphreys Basin
Elevation 13,992 ft (4,265 m) [1][2]
Prominence 2,563 ft (781 m) [2]
Parent peak North Palisade[3]
Listing SPS Emblem peak[4]
Location
Location Fresno / Inyo counties, California, USA
Range Sierra Nevada
Coordinates 37°16′13.96″N 118°40′22.80″W / 37.2705444°N 118.673°W / 37.2705444; -118.673Coordinates: 37°16′13.96″N 118°40′22.80″W / 37.2705444°N 118.673°W / 37.2705444; -118.673[5]
Topo map USGS Mount Tom
Climbing
First ascent 1904 by Edward C. and James S. Hutchinson[6]
Easiest route Rock/ice climb

Mount Humphreys is a mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada on the Fresno-Inyo county line in the U.S. state of California. It is the highest peak in the Bishop area. The mountain was named by the California Geological Survey of 1873 for Andrew A. Humphreys, the chief engineer of the United States Army at the time.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ The NGVD 29 elevation of 13,986 feet was converted using VERTCON to the NAVD 88 elevation of 13,992 feet.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Humphreys, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2681. Retrieved 2008-12-21. 
  3. ^ "Humphreys, Mount". LoJ.com. http://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/Climbers.php?Id=17195. Retrieved 2011-06-01. 
  4. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/spslist.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-28. 
  5. ^ "Mt Humphreys". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=HR2626. Retrieved 2011-05-31. 
  6. ^ a b Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/place_names_of_the_high_sierra/h.html. 

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