Thunder Mountain (Tulare County, California)

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Thunder Mountain
Thunder Mountain is located in California
Thunder Mountain
Thunder Mountain
Location of Thunder Mountain in California
Highest point
Elevation 13,523+ ft (4,122+ m)  NAVD 88[3]
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Listing
  • SPS Mountaineers peak[1]
  • Western States Climbers Star peak[2]
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Geography
Location Tulare County California, U.S.
Parent range Great Western Divide, Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Mount Brewer
Climbing
First ascent 1905 by George Davis[5]
Easiest route Climb, class 3–4[5]

Thunder Mountain is located in the northern part of the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in California. The summit marks a point on the boundary between Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks and is Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). north of Table Mountain and south Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). Mount Brewer. Thunder pass, on the mountains east side, has an elevation of 12,720+ feet (3 877+ m).[5] This pass marks the western end of the Kings-Kern Divide.

The mountain was named by George R. Davis, a topographer with the United States Geological Survey. He made the first ascent, in August 1905, to establish a benchmark on the summit.[6] The name appears on the Mt. Whitney, USGS 30 minute topographic map of 1905,[7] and was officially recognized by the Board on Geographic Names in 1928.[4]

References

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