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Definition of Mount Whitney
1. Noun. The highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high).
Generic synonyms: Mountain Peak
Group relationships: High Sierra, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada Mountains
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mount Whitney
Literary usage of Mount Whitney
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Yosemite Guide-book: A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the by Geological Survey of California, Josiah Dwight Whitney (1869)
"The other, which we called Mount Whitney, appeared equally inaccessible from any
point on the north or west side; it is between seven and eight miles ..."
2. Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada by Clarence King (1902)
"XIII Mount Whitney 1871 THERE lay between Carson and Mount Whitney a ride of two
hundred and eighty miles along the east base of the Sierra. ..."
3. The Destinies of the Stars by Svante Arrhenius (1918)
"... who on several occasions has made magnificent contributions toward astronomical
research, Campbell equipped an expedition to Mount Whitney in California ..."
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