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Whitney, Mount (mountain) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 34 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.5667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 118 17 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -118.2833 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 14505.000 feet |
4421.1240 meters |
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Note: In eastern California on the Inyo-Tulare county line. Highest peak (14,494 feet [4,420 meters] above sea level) in the 48 coterminous U.S. states. It is the culminating summit of the Sierra Nevada. |
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| Whitney, Mount (preferred,C,V,index,English,U,N)
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| Mount Whitney (C,V,display)
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| Fishermans Peak (H,V)
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| Mount Churchill (H,V)
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Tulare (county) (P) |
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Inyo (county) (P) |
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Tulare (county) (P) |
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| mountain (preferred, C) |
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| inhabited place (C) |
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| rural community (C) |
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