WHITNEY, MOUNT


Meaning of WHITNEY, MOUNT in English

Peak in the Sierra Nevada , southeast-central California, U.S. Located in Sequoia National Park , it is 14,494 ft (4,418 m) high, the highest point in the continental U.S. outside of Alaska.

It was first climbed in 1873.

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