Kennedy Mountain (Fresno County, California)

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Kennedy Mountain
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North aspect, with West Kennedy Lake
Highest point
Elevation 11,433 ft (3,485 m) [1]
Prominence 673 ft (205 m) [2]
Isolation 1.94 mi (3.12 km) [3]
Listing Sierra Peaks Section
Coordinates 36°52′45″N118°40′05″W / 36.8791156°N 118.6681862°W / 36.8791156; -118.6681862 [4]
Geography
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Kennedy Mountain
Location in California
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Kennedy Mountain
Kennedy Mountain (the United States)
Location Kings Canyon National Park
Fresno County, California, U.S.
Parent range Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Slide Bluffs
Geology
Rock type granitic
Climbing
Easiest route class 2 via Kennedy Pass [5]

Kennedy Mountain is an 11,433-foot-elevation (3,485-meter) summit located in Fresno County, California, United States. It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, on Monarch Divide which is west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Mount Harrington is four miles to the west along the divide, and Kennedy Pass less than a mile east. Kennedy Mountain ranks as the 569th-highest summit in California, [3] and topographic relief is significant as the northeast aspect rises 2,000 feet (610 meters) above Kennedy Canyon in approximately one mile. The first ascent of the summit was made by a 1903 USGS survey party, and likely named for one of the agency's employees. [6] [7] Inclusion on the Sierra Peaks Section peakbagging list generates climbing interest. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. [4]

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Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Kennedy Mountain 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 tributaries of the Kings River.

See also

References

  1. ↑ R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, ISBN   9781594857386, p. 192.
  2. ↑ "Kennedy Mountain, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Kennedy Mountain - 11,433' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Kennedy Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  5. ↑ R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, ISBN   9781594857386, p. 363
  6. ↑ Robert L. Smith, A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra (1954)
  7. ↑ Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada: From Abbot to Zumwalt, Wilderness Press, 1986, ISBN   9780899970479.
  8. ↑ "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica .
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