Mount Davis (California)

Mount Davis
Mount Davis is the peak on the right
Highest point
Elevation12,309 ft (3,752 m) NAVD 88
ListingSierra Peaks Section
Coordinates37°42′53″N 119°13′11″W / 37.7146546°N 119.2195877°W / 37.7146546; -119.2195877
Geography
Mount Davis is located in California
Mount Davis
Mount Davis
Location within California
Mount Davis is located in the United States
Mount Davis
Mount Davis
Location within the United States
LocationMadera and Mono counties, California, U.S.
Parent rangeRitter Range, Sierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Mount Ritter
Geology
Rock ageCretaceous
Granite
Climbing
First ascent1891 by Milton F. Davis
Easiest routeScramble, class 2

Mount Davis is a prominent peak in the Ansel Adams Wilderness on the Inyo National Forest and south of Yosemite National Park. The peak was named in honor of Lieutenant Milton Fennimore Davis, who was with the first troops detailed to guard Yosemite National Park. Davis was the first person to climb the peak.

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Davis, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Mount Davis". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
  4. 1 2 Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 395. ISBN 978-0898869712.
  5. ↑ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved January 6, 2010.