Mount Starr King (California)

Mount Starr King
West face from Glacier Point Road, January 2008.
Elevation	9,092 ft (2,771 m) [1]
Prominence	872 ft (266 m) [2]
Parent peak	Mount Ritter [2]
Listing	SPS Mountaineers peak [3]
Location
Location	Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, USA
Range	Sierra Nevada
Coordinates	37°42′10″N 119°31′04″W / 37.7027053°N 119.5176583°W / 37.7027053; -119.5176583Coordinates: 37°42′10″N 119°31′04″W / 37.7027053°N 119.5176583°W / 37.7027053; -119.5176583[4]
Topo map	USGS Half Dome
Climbing
First ascent	1876 by George Bailey and E. S. Schuyler [5]
Easiest route	Rock climb, class 5 [6]

Mount Starr King

Mount Starr King is a symmetrical granite dome in Yosemite National Park, whose highest point is 9,092 feet (2,771 m) above sea level.

Climbing Starr King's dome requires technical skills or equipment and is rated class 5 in the Yosemite Decimal System.^[6]

It was named for Thomas Starr King, a Unitarian preacher and political activist.^[5] It has historically been known by various names including Kings Peak, See-wah-lam, South Dome, and Tis-sa-ack.^[4]

See also

• Mount Starr King, a New Hampshire mountain named for Starr King

References

1. ^ "Mount Starr King, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2637. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Mount Ritter - California Mountain Atlas". Peaklist.org. http://www.PeakList.org/CAmtnatlas/tables/whitney/ritter.html. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 
3. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/spslist.pdf. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Mount Starr King". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:253928. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
5. ^ ^{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/s.html. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "SummitPost". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/150526.