Mount Langley

Mount Langley
Highest point
Elevation14,032 ft (4,277 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence1,165 ft (355 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Whitney[2]
Listing
Coordinates36°31′24″N 118°14′20″W / 36.5232685°N 118.2389774°W / 36.5232685; -118.2389774[7]
Geography
Mount Langley is located in California
Mount Langley
Mount Langley
LocationInyo / Tulare counties, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Mount Langley
Climbing
First ascentUnknown, but prior to 1871[8]
Easiest routeHike 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.

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  2. ^ "Key Col for Mount Langley". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  3. ^ "California 14,000-foot Peaks". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  4. ^ a b "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  5. ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  6. ^ "Vagmarken Sierra Crest List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  7. ^ "Mount Langley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  8. ^ Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. pp. 43–44. ISBN 978-0898869712.