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Mount Newcomb

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is significant as it rises 2,083 feet (635 meters) above the second Crabtree Lake in approximately one mile. This mountain's name was officially adopted in 1940 by the
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Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification".
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is a 13,422-foot-elevation (4,091-meter) mountain summit located just west of the crest of the
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John D. and Ruth Mendenhall, Arthur B. Johnson, Braeme Gigas, Howard Koster,
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of the summit was made August 22, 1936, by Max Eckenburg and Bob Rumohr.
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Index


Mount Langley
Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Mount Pickering
Isolation
Listing
Sierra Peaks Section
Coordinates
36°32′24″N 118°17′36″W / 36.5400684°N 118.2934108°W / 36.5400684; -118.2934108
Etymology
Simon Newcomb
Mount Newcomb is located in California
Mount Newcomb is located in the United States
Sequoia National Park
Tulare County
California, U.S.
Parent range
Sierra Nevada
Topo map
USGS
Age of rock
Cretaceous
Mountain type
Fault block
Type of rock
granitic
First ascent
Easiest route

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