Mount Clarence King
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.
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Mount Clarence King from Cotter (photo): Flickr
- "Mount Clarence King". SummitPost.org.
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