Mount Abbot

Mount Abbot
Mount Abbot, showing the north couloir. Petit Griffon is the gendarme on the right.
Elevation	13,710 ft (4,179 m) [1][2]
Prominence	864 ft (263 m) [2]
Parent peak	Mount Gabb[3]
Listing	SPS Emblem peak[4]
Location
Mount Abbot Location in California
Location	Fresno / Inyo counties, California, USA
Range	Sierra Nevada
Coordinates	37°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[5]
Topo map	USGS Mount Abbot
Climbing
First ascent	July 13, 1908 by Joseph N. Le Conte, James S. Hutchinson & Duncan McDuffie[6]
Easiest route	Moderate scramble, class 3[7]

Mount Abbot is a mountain in California's Sierra Nevada, in John Muir Wilderness.^[8] 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. He retired from the United States Army as a brigadier general in 1904.^[6]

See also

• California 4000 meter peaks
• Thirteener

References

1. ^ The NGVD 29 elevation of 13,704 feet was converted using VERTCON to the NAVD 88 elevation of 13,710 feet.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Mount Abbot, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2665. Retrieved 2009-01-16. 
3. ^ "Mount Gabb - California Mountain Atlas". Peaklist.org. http://www.PeakList.org/CAmtnatlas/tables/whitney/gabb.html. Retrieved 2009-01-18. 
4. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/spslist.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-16. 
5. ^ "Mount Abbot". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:256096. Retrieved 2009-01-16. 
6. ^ ^{a b} Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/place_names_of_the_high_sierra/a.html. Retrieved 2009-01-16. 
7. ^ Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. Sierra Club Books. pp. 134–135. ISBN 0-87156-147-6. 
8. ^ "Mount Abbot". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/150485. Retrieved 2011-05-31.