Silliman Pass

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Silliman Pass
Elevation 10,160 ft (3,097 m)
Traversed by hiking trail, no roads
Location Tulare County, United States
Range Sierra Nevada
Coordinates 36°39′45″N118°42′24″W / 36.66250°N 118.70667°W / 36.66250; -118.70667
Topo map USGS Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

Silliman Pass is a mountain pass on the border of Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park. [1]

Contents

It stands 10,160 feet (3,100 m) high. [2]

Location

It stands on the Kings-Kaweah Divide, loosely north of Mount Silliman., [3] It is directly south of Twin Peaks. [4]

For whom it was named

Like Mount Silliman, it was named for Benjamin Silliman, professor of chemistry at Yale College. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Twin Lakes Trail, Sequoia National Park" . Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "2015 Wilderness Trip Planner" (PDF). 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Hiking trip | EveryTrail: Twin Lakes and Silliman Pass - Hiking trip | EveryTrail, accessdate: January 4, 2017
  4. ↑ Silliman Pass Topo Map, Tulare County CA (Mount Silliman Area): Silliman Pass Topo Map, Tulare County CA (Mount Silliman Area), accessdate: January 4, 2017
  5. ↑ GeoQuery: GNIS info near 1177 VAN NESS AVE, FRESNO, CA 93721 Latitude 36.7366 Longitude -119.7912: GeoQuery: GNIS info near 1177 VAN NESS AVE, FRESNO, CA 93721 Latitude 36.7366 Longitude -119.7912, accessdate: January 4, 2017


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