Mount Shakspere
Mount Shakspere | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 12,174 ft (3,711 m)[1] |
Prominence | 534 ft (163 m)[1] |
Parent peak | Observation Peak (12,362 ft)[2] |
Isolation | 1.05 mi (1.69 km)[2] |
Coordinates | 37°02′12″N 118°31′57″W / 37.0366669°N 118.5325724°W[3] |
Naming | |
Etymology | William Shakespeare |
Geography | |
Location | class 2[2] |
Mount Shakspere is a 12,174-foot-elevation (3,711 meter) summit located in Fresno County, California, United States.[3]
Description
The mountain is set four miles west of the crest of the
topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 3,500 feet (1,100 meters) above Palisade Creek in approximately one mile (1.6 km). The first ascent of the summit was made July 20, 1930, by Francis P. Farquhar, Mary Lou Michaels, Doris Drust, Lorna Kilgariff, and Robert L. Lipman.[4] This mountain's name has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[3]
Climate
Mount Shakspere is located in an
snowfall onto the range. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into tributaries of the Middle Fork Kings River
.
Gallery
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Mt. Shakspere (centered), from Middle Palisade
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Mt. Shakspere (upper left), high above Palisade Creek valley
See also
References
- ^ a b "Mount Shakspere, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ a b c d "Shakspere, Mount - 12,174' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ a b c "Mount Shakspere". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ Hervey Voge and Fred L. Jones, A Climber's Guide to the High Sierra (1954)
- ^ "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica.
External links
- Weather forecast: Mount Shakspere