Mount Langley | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 14,032 ft (4,277 m) NAVD 88[1] |
Prominence | 1,165 ft (355 m)[1] |
Parent peak | Mount Whitney[2] |
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Coordinates | 36°31′24″N 118°14′20″W / 36.5232685°N 118.2389774°W[7] |
Geography | |
Location | Inyo / Tulare counties, California, U.S. |
Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
Topo map | USGS Mount Langley |
Climbing | |
First ascent | Unknown, but prior to 1871[8] |
Easiest route | Hike from New Army Pass on the south, class 1[4] |
Mount Langley is a mountain located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada, on the boundary between Inyo and Tulare counties in eastern California, in the United States. To the east is the Owens Valley, and to the west is the Kern River Valley. It is the ninth-highest peak in the state and the seventh-highest in the Sierra. Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States, lies 4.8 miles (7.7 km) to the northwest. Mount Langley also has the distinction of being the southernmost fourteener in the United States.