Mount Barnard is a mountain in the
U.S. state
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of
California
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, and has the dubious distinction of being the highest
thirteener
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, a peak between in elevation, in the
United States
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. It is located on the
Sierra Crest
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and straddles the boundary between
Tulare and
Inyo counties about southwest of
Mount Williamson, the second-highest peak in the state; Mount Barnard is the twelfth-highest.
The first ascent was by W. L. Hunter, John Hunter, William Hunter and C. Mulholland on September 25, 1892. They named the peak in honor of
E. E. Barnard, a noted astronomer.
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Mountains of Tulare County, California
Mountains of Inyo County, California
Mountains of Sequoia National Park
Mountains of Northern California
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