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Mount Wynne

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is significant as the south aspect rises nearly 2,000 feet (610 meters) above the surrounding terrain in approximately one mile. The approach to this remote peak is made via 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 13,179-foot-elevation (4,017-meter) mountain summit located one mile west of the
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Mount Wynne viewed from the south along the John Muir Trail.
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It is situated in eastern 16:Mountain in Fresno County, California, U.S. 18: 359:, and 0.66 miles (1.06 km) south of 635:United States Department of the Interior 728:Mountains of Kings Canyon National Park 545: 467: 417:United States Board on Geographic Names 723:Mountains of Fresno County, California 615: 613: 611: 609: 431:system, Mount Wynne is located in an 7: 555: 553: 551: 549: 534:List of mountain peaks of California 375:of the summit was made in 1935 by a 626:Geographic Names Information System 207: 174: 14: 413:University of Southern California 738:Mountains of Northern California 518: 498: 482: 470: 355:, 0.4 miles immediately east of 206: 199: 173: 166: 27: 631:United States Geological Survey 220:Mount Wynne (the United States) 1: 743:Sierra Nevada (United States) 733:North American 4000 m summits 429:Köppen climate classification 223:Show map of the United States 52:13,179 ft (4,017 m) 590:"Wynne, Mount - 13,179' CA" 84:0.66 mi (1.06 km) 759: 349:Kings Canyon National Park 238:Kings Canyon National Park 124:36.9380113°N 118.4029183°W 561:"Mount Wynne, California" 159: 26: 405:University of California 129:36.9380113; -118.4029183 678:Hydrol. 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Index


Pinchot Pass
Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Mount Pinchot
Isolation
Listing
Sierra Peaks Section
Coordinates
36°56′17″N 118°24′11″W / 36.9380113°N 118.4029183°W / 36.9380113; -118.4029183
Etymology
Mount Wynne is located in California
Mount Wynne is located in the United States
Kings Canyon National Park
Fresno County
California, U.S.
Parent range
Sierra Nevada
Topo map
USGS
Type of rock
metamorphic
First ascent
Easiest route
class 2
crest
Sierra Nevada
Fresno County
California

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