Mount Humphreys

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Mount Humphreys
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Mount Humphreys from the south
Highest point
Elevation 13,992 ft (4,265 m)  NAVD 88 [1]
Prominence 2563 ft (781 m) [1]
Isolation 14.71 mi (23.67 km) [1]
Listing
Coordinates 37°16′14″N118°40′23″W / 37.270545708°N 118.672999478°W / 37.270545708; -118.672999478 Coordinates: 37°16′14″N118°40′23″W / 37.270545708°N 118.672999478°W / 37.270545708; -118.672999478 [5]
Geography
Location Fresno / Inyo counties, California, U.S.
Parent range Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Mount Tom
Climbing
First ascent 1904 by Edward C. Hutchinson and James S. Hutchinson [6]
Easiest route Climb, class 4 [2]

Mount Humphreys is a mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada on the Fresno-Inyo county line in the U.S. state of California. It is the 13th highest peak in California (the highest peak that is not a fourteener), [7] and the highest peak in the Bishop area. The mountain was named by the California Geological Survey of 1873 for Andrew A. Humphreys, the chief engineer of the United States Army at the time. [6]

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