Mount Harrington | |
---|---|
Highest point | |
Elevation | 11,009 ft (3,356 m)[1] |
Prominence | 329 ft (100 m)[1] |
Parent peak | Despair Benchmark (11,081 ft)[2] |
Isolation | 0.67 mi (1.08 km)[2] |
Listing | Sierra Peaks Section |
Coordinates | 36°52′12″N 118°44′01″W / 36.8700050°N 118.7336448°W[3] |
Geography | |
Location | Fresno County, California, U.S. |
Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
Topo map | USGS Cedar Grove |
Geology | |
Type of rock | granitic |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1951 |
Easiest route | class 3[2] North ridge |
Mount Harrington is an 11,009-foot-elevation (3,356 meter) mountain summit located in Fresno County of northern California, United States.[3] It is situated on Monarch Divide which is west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the Monarch Wilderness, on the shared boundary of Sequoia National Forest with Sierra National Forest. The first ascent of the summit was made July 27, 1951, by David Hammack and Anton Nelson.[4]