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127:Coordinates
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1647:Categories
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1408:Boole Tree
1374:University
1244:Acrodectes
1138:Lemon Cove
1036:Kaweah Gap
1001:Eagle Lake
867:Red Kaweah
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432:Thirteener
356:thirteener
270:California
137:36°41′24″N
79:Prominence
29:Dhaulagiri
1563:John Muir
1547:Rae Lakes
1542:Muir Pass
1334:Palisades
1314:Milestone
1236:Mountains
1158:Lone Pine
1087:John Muir
1056:Moro Rock
797:Alta Peak
789:Mountains
758:President
401:Botanist
343:scrambles
268:counties
165:Geography
64:Elevation
1622:Category
1379:Winchell
1349:Stanford
1299:Junction
1284:Farquhar
1176:Category
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426:See also
394:and the
312:Climbing
300:Topo map
238:Location
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1369:Thunder
1289:Goddard
1249:Agassiz
1148:Visalia
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358:in the
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1556:People
1279:Darwin
1274:Cotter
1259:Brewer
1254:Baxter
1153:Tulare
1143:Kaweah
1117:Yokuts
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266:Tulare
1354:Table
1344:Split
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1294:Gould
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376:Kings
354:is a
1584:Hume
1339:Sill
607:ISBN
382:and
380:Inyo
374:and
372:Kern
305:USGS
274:U.S.
262:Inyo
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110:SPS
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