Kings Canyon National Park Fresno County California, U.S.
Parent range
Sierra Nevada
Topo map
USGS Mount Clarence King
Geology
Type of rock
granitic
Climbing
Easiest route
class 3 to 5[2]
Kearsarge Pinnacles is a linear series of 12 pillars and crags on a northwest–southeast trending ridge located one mile west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the southeast corner of Fresno County, in northern California.[3] It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, 11 miles (18 km) west-southwest of the community of Independence, immediately southwest of the Kearsarge Lakes and Kearsarge Pass, and northwest of parent University Peak. The highest, number 4, rises to 12,008 feet in elevation (3,660 meters), whereas number 8 is the most prominent.[1] Topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises 2,500 feet (760 meters) above Vidette Meadow in one-half mile. The John Muir Trail traverses below the west aspect of this remote geographical feature. The Kearsarge pinnacles, lakes, peak, and pass were named after the Kearsarge mine to the east, which was named by its owners after the USS Kearsarge.[4] In turn, the ship was named after Mount Kearsarge in New Hampshire.
^ ab"Kearsarge Pinnacles". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
^Francis P. Farquhar, Place Names of the High Sierra (1926)
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