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Mount Kaweah
Mount Kaweah from Red Spur, circa 1932
Highest point
Elevation13,807 ft (4,208 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence2,027 ft (618 m)[1]
Listing
  • North America highest peaks 76th
  • US highest major peaks 58th
  • California highest major peaks 9th
  • SPS Emblem peak[2]
  • Western States Climbers Star peak[3]
Coordinates36°31′34″N 118°28′42″W / 36.5260491°N 118.4784256°W / 36.5260491; -118.4784256[4]
Geography
Mount Kaweah is located in California
Mount Kaweah
Mount Kaweah
LocationTulare County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeGreat Western Divide, Sierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Triple Divide Peak
Climbing
First ascentSeptember 1881 by Frederick H. Wales, William B. Wallace and James W. A. Wright[5]
Easiest routeHike, class 1[6]

Mount Kaweah (/kəˈw.ə/) is a mountain in California's Sequoia National Park and forms part of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge, a spur of the Great Western Divide which extends south from Triple Divide Peak. It has a summit elevation of 13,807 ft (4,208 m), the highest along the Kaweah Peaks Ridge. It is the closest mountain with foothills to Los Angeles.

  1. ^ a b "Mount Kaweah, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  2. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
  3. ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  4. ^ "Mount Kaweah". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  5. ^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Secor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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