Mount Harrington (California)

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Mount Harrington
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Harrington's summit centered in back, from WSW
(Wren Peak on right)
Highest point
Elevation 11,009 ft (3,356 m) [1]
Prominence 329 ft (100 m) [1]
Parent peak Despair Benchmark (11,081 ft) [2]
Isolation 0.67 mi (1.08 km) [2]
Listing Sierra Peaks Section
Coordinates 36°52′12″N118°44′01″W / 36.8700050°N 118.7336448°W / 36.8700050; -118.7336448 [3]
Geography
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Mount Harrington
Location in California
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Mount Harrington
Mount Harrington (the United States)
Location Fresno County, California, U.S.
Parent range Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Cedar Grove
Geology
Rock type granitic
Climbing
First ascent 1951
Easiest route class 3 [2] North ridge

Mount Harrington is an 11,009-foot-elevation (3,356-meter) mountain summit located in Fresno County of northern California, United States. [3] It is situated on Monarch Divide which is west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the Monarch Wilderness, on the shared boundary of Sequoia National Forest with Sierra National Forest. The first ascent of the summit was made July 27, 1951, by David Hammack and Anton Nelson. [4]

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Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Harrington is located in an alpine climate zone. [5] 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, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range (orographic lift). Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into tributaries of the Kings River.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Harrington, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Harrington, Mount - 11,009' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Harrington". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  4. ↑ R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, ISBN   9781594857386.
  5. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN   1027-5606.
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Grizzly Lake and Mount Harrington
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