North Palisade
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North Palisade is the third-highest mountain in the Sierra Nevada range of California, and one of the state's small number of peaks over 14,000 feet, known as fourteeners. It is the highest peak of the Palisades group of peaks in the central part of the Sierra range. It sports a small glacier (the Palisade Glacier) and several highly prized rock climbing routes on its northeast side.
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North Palisade | |
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Starlight Peak | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 14,248 ft (4,343 m)[1] NAVD88 |
Prominence | 2,894 ft (882 m)[1] |
Parent peak | Mount Whitney[2] |
Isolation | 32.2 mi (51.8 km)[1] |
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Coordinates | 37°05′39″N 118°30′52″W[5] |
Geography | |
Location | Fresno County, California, U.S. |
Parent range | Sierra Nevada, The Palisades |
Topo map | USGS North Palisade Quadrangle[6] |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Igneous, primarily diorite[7] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | July 25, 1903 by James S. Hutchinson, Joseph N. LeConte, James K. Moffitt[8] |
Easiest route | The LeConte Route, class 4[9] |
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