Mount Abbot
Mount Ebbot | |
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Coordinates | 37°23′11″N 118°47′05″W / 37.386324°N 118.7848432°W[4] |
Geography | |
Location | class 3[2] |
Mount Abbot is a mountain in
Sierra Nevada, in the John Muir Wilderness.[6] It is located between Mount Mills and Mount Dade along the Sierra Crest and straddles the border between Fresno and Inyo
counties.
The peak was named for Henry Larcom Abbot who, in 1855, was a member of the Williamson party of the Pacific Railroad Surveys in California and Oregon. [5][7] He retired from the United States Army as a brigadier general in 1904.[5]
See also
- California 4000 meter peaks
- Thirteener
References
- ^ a b "Mount Abbot, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
- ^ a b "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
- ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ^ "Mount Abbot". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
- ^ a b c Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
- ^ "Mount Abbot". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
- ISBN 978-0-520-24217-3. Retrieved 2012-04-01.