Scylla (mountain)

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Coordinates: 37°04′48″N 118°41′23″W / 37.0801291°N 118.6896676°W / 37.0801291; -118.6896676
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This article is about a landform in California. For the mountain in Canada, see Scylla Mountain.
Scylla
North aspect
Highest point
Elevation12,956 ft (3,949 m)[1]
Prominence316 ft (96 m)[2]
Parent peakMount Hansen (12,975 ft)[3]
Isolation0.46 mi (0.74 km)[3]
ListingSierra Peaks Section
Coordinates37°04′48″N 118°41′23″W / 37.0801291°N 118.6896676°W / 37.0801291; -118.6896676[4]
Naming
EtymologyScylla
Geography
Scylla is located in California
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Scylla
Location in California
Scylla is located in the United States
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Scylla (the United States)
Location
class 2 Northwest slope[1]

Scylla is a 12,956-foot-elevation (3,949 meter) mountain

peakbagging
list generates climbing interest in this peak.

History

This mountain's name refers to

Scylla and Charybdis they seemed to us, as we stood at the margin of the lake and wondered how we might pass the dangerous portal."[7] The toponym was officially adopted in 1964 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[4]

The first ascent of the summit was made July 3, 1934, by David Brower and Hervey Voge.[1]

Climate

Scylla is located in an alpine climate zone.[8] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into Goddard Creek which is a tributary of the Middle Fork Kings River.

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9781594857386
  2. ^ a b "Scylla, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  3. ^ a b "Scylla - 12,956' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  4. ^ a b c "Scylla". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  5. ^ Alan M. Hedden and David R. Brower, A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra (1954)
  6. ISBN 9780899970479
    , p. 194.
  7. ^ Francis Peloubet Farquhar (1926), Place Names of the High Sierra, Sierra Club, p. 83.
  8. ^ "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica.

External links

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