Parent peak Chip Peak Elevation 3,512 m | Topo map USGS Merced Peak Prominence 220 m Easiest route Rock climbing | |
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Listing SPS Mountaineers peakWestern States Climbers Star peak Location Yosemite National ParkMariposa County, California, U.S. Similar Mount Starr King, Merced Peak, Mount Hoffmann, Liberty Cap, Mount Lyell | ||
Mount Clark is a 11,527-foot (3,513 m) granite peak in the Clark Range, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada. It is a popular destination for mountaineers.
Map of Mt Clark, California, USA
Both the mountain and the range are named in honor of Galen Clark, an early explorer and the first guardian of Yosemite National Park. Before it received its present name, it was known as Gothic Peak and then The Obelisk, the name used by the Whitney Survey. Obelisk Lake, at 9,853 feet (3,003 m) lies on the mountain's northeast flank.
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Mount Clark (California) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA