Mount Darwin | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,837 ft (4,218 m) NAVD 88[1] |
Prominence | 1,871 ft (570 m)[1] |
Listing |
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Coordinates | 37°10′01″N 118°40′21″W / 37.1670217°N 118.6723880°W[4] |
Naming | |
Etymology | Charles Darwin |
Geography | |
Location | Fresno and Inyo counties, California |
Country | United States of America |
State | California |
County | Fresno |
Parent range | Sierra Nevada, Evolution region |
Topo map | USGS Mount Darwin |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1908 by Ernest Clayton Andrews and Willard D. Johnson[5] |
Easiest route | West Face, exposed scramble, class 3 with summit block class 4[2] |
Mount Darwin is a flat-topped mountain in the Sierra Nevada, on the border of between Fresno and Inyo counties in Kings Canyon National Park and the John Muir Wilderness of California.