Mount Abbot

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Mount Abbot
Mount Abbot.jpg
Mount Abbot, showing the north couloir.
Petit Griffon is the gendarme on the right.
Highest point
Elevation13,710 ft (4,180 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence864 ft (263 m)[1]
Listing
  • SPS Emblem peak[2]
  • Western States Climbers Star peak[3]
Coordinates37°23′11″N 118°47′05″W / 37.386324°N 118.7848432°W / 37.386324; -118.7848432Coordinates: 37°23′11″N 118°47′05″W / 37.386324°N 118.7848432°W / 37.386324; -118.7848432[4]
Geography
Mount Abbot is located in California
Mount Abbot
Mount Abbot
Location in California
LocationFresno / Inyo counties, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Mount Abbot
Climbing
First ascentJuly 13, 1908 by Joseph N. Le Conte, James S. Hutchinson & Duncan McDuffie[5]
Easiest routeModerate scramble, class 3[2]

Mount Abbot is a mountain in California's Sierra Nevada, in the John Muir Wilderness.[6] It is located between Mount Mills and Mount Dade along the Sierra Crest and straddles the border between Fresno and Inyo counties.

The peak was named for Henry Larcom Abbot who, in 1855, was a member of the Williamson party of the Pacific Railroad Surveys in California and Oregon.[5][7] He retired from the United States Army as a brigadier general in 1904.[5]

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References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mount Abbot, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  3. ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  4. ^ "Mount Abbot". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  6. ^ "Mount Abbot". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  7. ^ Erwin G. Gudde; William Bright (10 May 2004). California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names. University of California Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-520-24217-3. Retrieved 2012-04-01.


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