Dunderberg Peak

Dunderberg Peak
Dunderberg Peak
	Dunderberg Peak from the South
Highest point
Elevation	12,379 ft (3,773 m) NAVD 88
Prominence	1,334 ft (407 m)
Listing	Sierra Peaks Section
Coordinates	38°03′53″N 119°16′28″W / 38.0646445°N 119.2743228°WCoordinates: 38°03′53″N 119°16′28″W / 38.0646445°N 119.2743228°W
Geography
Location	Mono County, California, U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS Dunderberg Peak
Climbing
First ascent	1878 by Lt. M. M. Macomb and party of the Wheeler Survey
Easiest route	Hike (class 1-2)

Dunderberg Peak is located east of the Sierra Nevada crest^[5] near the divide between the Mono Basin and East Walker River basin (Conway Summit) in Mono County, in eastern California in the southwestern United States.^[3] The peak is in the Hoover Wilderness and is the highest point in Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.^[1]

History[]

Dunderberg Peak, originally named Castle Peak, was renamed by a party of the Wheeler Survey after the mines upon its northerly slope in 1878.^[6]

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^ ^a ^b "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
^ ^a ^b "Dunderberg Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
^ ^a ^b Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 443. ISBN 978-0898869712.
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^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. p. 22. Retrieved 2014-01-15.

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