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Mount Lyell (California)
Mountain in the American state of California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mount Lyell is the highest point in Yosemite National Park, at 13,114 feet (3,997 m). It is located at the southeast end of the Cathedral Range, 1+1⁄4 miles (2 kilometers) northwest of Rodgers Peak. The peak as well as nearby Lyell Canyon is named after Charles Lyell, a well-known 19th century geologist.[7] The peak had one of the last remaining glaciers in Yosemite, Lyell Glacier. The Lyell Glacier is currently considered to be a permanent ice field, not a living glacier. Mount Lyell divides the Tuolumne River watershed to the north, the Merced to the west, and the Rush Creek drainage in the Mono Lake Basin to the southeast.
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Mount Lyell | |
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![]() Mount Lyell from Donahue shoulder | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,120 ft (3,999 m) NAVD 88[1] |
Prominence | 1,927 ft (587 m)[2] |
Parent peak | Mount Ritter[2] |
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Coordinates | 37°44′22″N 119°16′18″W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Madera and Tuolumne counties, California, U.S. |
Parent range | Cathedral Range, Sierra Nevada |
Topo map | USGS Mount Lyell |
Climbing | |
First ascent | August 29, 1871 by John Boies Tileston[6] |
Easiest route | Exposed scramble, class 3[4] |
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