Mount Humphreys

For the highest point in Arizona, see Humphreys Peak.

Mount Humphreys
Mount Humphreys from Humphreys Basin
Elevation	13,992 ft (4,265 m) [1][2]
Prominence	2,563 ft (781 m) [2]
Parent peak	North Palisade[3]
Listing	SPS Emblem peak[4]
Location
Location	Fresno / Inyo counties, California, USA
Range	Sierra Nevada
Coordinates	37°16′13.96″N 118°40′22.80″W / 37.2705444°N 118.673°W / 37.2705444; -118.673Coordinates: 37°16′13.96″N 118°40′22.80″W / 37.2705444°N 118.673°W / 37.2705444; -118.673[5]
Topo map	USGS Mount Tom
Climbing
First ascent	1904 by Edward C. and James S. Hutchinson[6]
Easiest route	Rock/ice climb

Mount Humphreys is a mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada on the Fresno-Inyo county line in the U.S. state of California. It is the highest peak in the Bishop area. The mountain was named by the California Geological Survey of 1873 for Andrew A. Humphreys, the chief engineer of the United States Army at the time.^[6]

See also

• California 4000 meter peaks
• Mountain peaks of California
• Mountain peaks of North America
• Mountain peaks of the United States
• Sierra Nevada
• Thirteener

References

1. ^ The NGVD 29 elevation of 13,986 feet was converted using VERTCON to the NAVD 88 elevation of 13,992 feet.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Mount Humphreys, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2681. Retrieved 2008-12-21. 
3. ^ "Humphreys, Mount". LoJ.com. http://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/Climbers.php?Id=17195. Retrieved 2011-06-01. 
4. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/spslist.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-28. 
5. ^ "Mt Humphreys". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=HR2626. Retrieved 2011-05-31. 
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/h.html. 

External links

Media related to Mount Humphreys at Wikimedia Commons

• "Mount Humphreys". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:261626. Retrieved 2009-01-11.