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Mount Corcoran

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placed the Corcoran name at what is now known as Mount Langley. A 1968 board decision officially applied the Mount Corcoran name to the highest and northernmost of four pinnacles on the ridge immediately south of
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Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L., T. A.; McMahon (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification".
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is significant as it rises approximately 1,800 feet (550 meters) above Iridescent Lake in one-half mile.
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The mountain known today as Mount Langley was named Mount Corcoran in 1868 by artistic painter
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Mount Langley (left), Mount Corcoran, and Mt. LeConte (right) seen from Lone Pine Peak area.
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Left to rightː Mt. Langley, Mt. Corcoran (centered), Mt. LeConte, Lone Pine Peak.
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is a 13,701-foot (4,176 m) mountain summit located on the crest of the
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Mountain summit of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California
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Mts. Corcoran / Le Conte centered, seen from Mt. Langley.
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Mts. Corcoran / Le Conte centered, seen from Mt. Langley.
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Mt. Le Conte
Elevation
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Prominence
Parent peak
Mount Le Conte
Listing
Sierra Peaks Section
Coordinates
36°32′19″N 118°15′02″W / 36.5385517°N 118.2504845°W / 36.5385517; -118.2504845
Etymology
William Wilson Corcoran
Mount Corcoran is located in California
Mount Corcoran is located in the United States
Sequoia National Park
John Muir Wilderness Area
Tulare
Inyo
California
U.S.
Parent range
Sierra Nevada
Topo map
USGS
Age of rock
Cretaceous
Mountain type
Fault block
Type of rock

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