| Mount Stanford | |
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 Mount Stanford's profile from Mount Gould to the north, May 2009. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 13,979 ft (4,261 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 981 ft (299 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Mount Keith[2] |
| Listing |
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| Coordinates | 36°42′14″N 118°23′45″W / 36.7039654°N 118.3957031°W[5] |
| Geography | |
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| Location | |
| Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Brewer |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1896 by Bolton Brown[6] |
| Easiest route | Exposed scramble, class 3[6] |
Mount Stanford, at an elevation of 13,979 feet (4,261 m), is on the Kings-Kern Divide in Kings Canyon National Park. It is named for Stanford University. It is the fifteenth tallest mountain in California[7] and is located about 3.6 miles (5.8 km) from University Peak which was named for the University of California.[8]
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- ^ "Key Col for Mount Stanford". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
- ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ^ "Mount Stanford". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ a b Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. pp. 264, 360. ISBN 978-0871561473.
- ^ "California 13,500-foot Peaks". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ Gudde, Edwin G. (1949). California Place Names. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 342.