Laurel Mountain (California)

Laurel Mountain
Laurel Mountain
	Laurel Mountain, from the shore of Convict Lake
Highest point
Elevation	11,818 ft (3,602 m) NAVD 88 [1]
Prominence	1,018 ft (310 m) [2]
Coordinates	37°34′49″N118°53′29″W / 37.580305586°N 118.891394436°W Coordinates: 37°34′49″N118°53′29″W / 37.580305586°N 118.891394436°W [1]
Geography
Location	Mono County, California, United States
Parent range	Sherwin Range, Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS Bloody Mountain
Climbing
First ascent	1926 by Norman Clyde [3]
Easiest route	Hike, class 1 [3]

Last updated April 17, 2019

Laurel Mountain is a peak in Mono County, California. It lies in the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada and is in the Inyo National Forest and the John Muir Wilderness. It reaches a height of 11,818 feet (3,602 m)^[1] and is largely composed of metamorphic rock caused by contact with an intruding pluton in the late Cretaceous.^[4]

Mono County (MOH-noh) is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,202. making it the fifth-least populous county in California. The county seat is Bridgeport. The county is located east of the Sierra Nevada between Yosemite National Park and Nevada.

The Sherwin Range is a mountain range that is a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada system, in Mono County, eastern California. The range is also known locally as The Sherwins.

The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily in Nevada. The Sierra Nevada is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges that consists of an almost continuous sequence of such ranges that form the western "backbone" of North America, Central America, South America and Antarctica.

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References

1 2 3 "Laurel". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey . Retrieved 2012-12-20.
↑ "Laurel Mountain, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
1 2 Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 367. ISBN 9780898869712.
↑ Lackey, JS; Valley, JW (2004). "Complex patterns of fluid flow during wollastonite formation in calcareous sandstones at Laurel Mountain, Mt. Morrison Pendant, California". GSA Bulletin. 116 (1-2): 76–93. doi:10.1130/B25239.1.

External links

"Laurel Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
"Laurel Mountain". SummitPost.org.

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[ngs-1] 1 2 3 "Laurel". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey . Retrieved 2012-12-20.

[pb-2] "Laurel Mountain, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-01-17.

[Secor-3] 1 2 Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 367. ISBN 9780898869712.

[4] Lackey, JS; Valley, JW (2004). "Complex patterns of fluid flow during wollastonite formation in calcareous sandstones at Laurel Mountain, Mt. Morrison Pendant, California". GSA Bulletin. 116 (1-2): 76–93. doi:10.1130/B25239.1.