Mount Farquhar

Mount Farquhar
Mount Farquhar's Northeast Face, showing its old namesake notch, from Kearsarge Pass, May 2009.
Highest point
Elevation12,890 ft (3,929 m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence652 ft (199 m)[1]
Parent peakNorth Guard[1]
Coordinates36°43′43″N 118°29′56″W / 36.7285482°N 118.4989858°W / 36.7285482; -118.4989858[2]
Geography
Mount Farquhar is located in California
Mount Farquhar
Mount Farquhar
LocationTulare County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeGreat Western Divide, Sierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Mount Brewer
Climbing
First ascentJuly 17, 1932 by Norman Clyde and party[3]
Easiest routeSouth 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]

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  2. ^ a b "Mount Farquhar". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  3. ^ a b Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 136–137. ISBN 978-0898869712.