- Sonora Peak
Infobox Mountain
Name = Sonora Peak
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Elevation = 11,459 ft (3,493 m)
Prominence = 1,816 ft (554 m)
Location = Alpine / Mono counties,California ,USA
Range = Central Sierra Nevada
Coordinates = coord|38|21|14|N|119|38|07|W|type:mountain_region:US |display=inline
Topographic
USGS "Sonora Pass"
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Listing =Sonora Peak is a
mountain located in the Central Sierra Nevada mountains ofCalifornia north ofSonora Pass . The mountain, positioned on the Alpine-Mono County border, rises to an elevation of Unit ft|11459|0, which is the county highpoint of Alpine County. [Cite web|work=USGS Quad maps|title=Sonora Peak, USGS SONORA PASS (CA) Topo Map|accessdate=2008-06-30|publisher=TopoQuest.com|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=38.3538&lon=-119.63517&datum=nad83&u=6&layer=DRG&size=l&s=50] Due to the high elevation, most of the precipitation this mountain receives consists of snow. [Cite web|title=Subsection M261Ek - Glaciated Batholith and Volcanic Flows|url=http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/m261ek.htm|accessdate=2007-11-29|publisher=USDA, Forest Service]References
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* Suttle, Gary. "California County Summits". Berkeley, Ca.: Wilderness Press, 1994.;Specificee also
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List of highest points in California by county External links
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