San Joaquin Mountain
San Joaquin Mountain | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 11,606 ft (3,538 m)[1] |
Prominence | 1,674 ft (510 m)[2] |
Listing | Mountains of California |
Coordinates | 37°43′08.4″N 119°06′21.9″W / 37.719000°N 119.106083°W[1] |
Geography | |
San Joaquin Mountain is a mountain along the Sierra Crest, near June Lake, California. It is the twenty-sixth highest peak in California, and is the highest peak along the Sierra Crest for 25 miles (40 km).[3] The mountain is formed of quartz latite that erupted during the Pliocene.[4]
The mountain can be climbed as a dayhike from Minaret Summit.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "SAN JOAQUIN". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce.
- ^ "San Joaquin Mountain, California". Peakbagger.com.
- ^ a b "San Joaquin Mountain". SummitPost.org.
- ^ Huber, N. King; Rinehart, C. Dean (1960). "Andesite of the Devils Postpile". Cenozoic Volcanic Rocks of the Devils Postpile Quadrangle, Eastern Sierra Nevada California. Geological Survey Professional Paper 554—D.