Mount Cotter
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| Mount Cotter | |
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 Mount Cotter
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| Elevation | 12,713 ft (3,875 m) NGVD 29[1] |
| Prominence | 542 ft (165 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Mount Clarence King[2] |
| Listing | SPS peak[3] |
| Location | |
| Location | Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno County, California, U.S. |
| Range | Sierra Nevada |
| Coordinates | 36°49′08″N 118°26′30″W / 36.81889°N 118.44167°WCoordinates: 36°49′08″N 118°26′30″W / 36.81889°N 118.44167°W[4] |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Clarence King |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1922 by Bob Fitzsimmons by the Southeast Slope[5] |
| Easiest route | Southeast Slope, scramble, class 3[5] |
Mount Cotter, located in the Kings Canyon National Park, is named for Dick Cotter who was a packer with the California Geological Survey in 1864. Cotter and Clarence King made the first ascent of Mount Tyndall.[6] The Mountain has an elevation of 12,713 feet (3,875 m).[1]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c "Mount Cotter, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^ "Mount Cotter". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
- ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/spslist.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^ "Mount Cotter". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^ a b Secor, R. J. (1999). The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trails (2nd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers Books. pp. 161–162. ISBN 0-89886-625-1.
- ^ Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley: Wilderness Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-89997-119-3.
External links [edit]
- "Mount Cotter". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/302847.
