Mount Fiske | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,503 ft (4,116 m)[1] |
Prominence | 823 ft (251 m)[1] |
Parent peak | Mount Darwin (13,837 ft)[2] |
Isolation | 2.12 mi (3.41 km)[2] |
Listing | Sierra Peaks Section |
Coordinates | 37°08′12″N 118°40′04″W / 37.1365692°N 118.6678353°W[3] |
Naming | |
Etymology | John Fiske |
Geography | |
Location | Kings Canyon National Park Fresno County California, U.S. |
Parent range | Sierra Nevada[1] |
Topo map | USGS Mount Darwin |
Geology | |
Rock type | granite |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1922 |
Easiest route | class 2[2] Southeast Ridge |
Mount Fiske is a 13,503-foot-elevation (4,116 meter) mountain summit located near the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County of northern California, United States.[3] It is situated in northern Kings Canyon National Park, 23 miles (37 km) west of the community of Big Pine, 0.83 miles (1.34 km) east of Mount Huxley, and two miles south of Mount Darwin, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Mount Fiske ranks as the 60th highest summit in California.[2]