Mount Haeckel

Mount Haeckel
North face
Highest point
Elevation13,424 ft (4,092 m)[1]
Prominence498 ft (152 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Fiske[1]
Isolation1.07 mi (1.72 km)[2]
Listing
Coordinates37°09′04″N 118°39′40″W / 37.1509924°N 118.6610067°W / 37.1509924; -118.6610067[3]
Naming
EtymologyErnst Haeckel
Geography
Mount Haeckel is located in California
Mount Haeckel
Mount Haeckel
Mount Haeckel is located in the United States
Mount Haeckel
Mount Haeckel
Location
Parent rangeSierra Nevada[1]
Topo mapUSGS Mount Darwin
Geology
Rock typegranite
Climbing
First ascentJuly 14, 1920
Easiest routeclass 3[2]

Mount Haeckel is a 13,424-foot (4,092 m) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, United States.[3] It is situated on the shared boundary of Kings Canyon National Park with John Muir Wilderness, and along the common border of Fresno County with Inyo County. It is 21.5 miles (34.6 km) west of the community of Big Pine, 1.27 miles (2.04 km) south-southeast of Mount Darwin, and one mile north-northeast of Mount Fiske, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Mount Haeckel ranks as the 71st highest summit in California.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d "Mount Haeckel, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  2. ^ a b c "Haeckel, Mount". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Haeckel". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-04-18.