| Mount Farquhar | |
|---|---|
 Mount Farquhar's Northeast Face, showing its old namesake notch, from Kearsarge Pass, May 2009. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 12,890 ft (3,929 m) NGVD 29[1] |
| Prominence | 652 ft (199 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | North Guard[1] |
| Coordinates | 36°43′43″N 118°29′56″W / 36.7285482°N 118.4989858°W[2] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Farquhar | |
| Location | Tulare County, California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Great Western Divide, Sierra Nevada |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Brewer |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | July 17, 1932 by Norman Clyde and party[3] |
| Easiest route | South Ridge or Northwest Ridge (both class 3 scrambles)[3] |
Mount Farquhar, or Mount Francis Farquhar, is a peak in Kings Canyon National Park. It is named in for Francis P. Farquhar, a conservationist who played a key role in creating the park.[2]
- ^ a b c "Farquhar, Mount". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 2001-05-31.
- ^ a b "Mount Farquhar". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ a b Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 136–137. ISBN 978-0898869712.