Mount Humphreys is a mountain peak in the
Sierra Nevada
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on the
Fresno
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-
Inyo county line in the
U.S. state
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of
California
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. It is the 13th highest peak in
California
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(the highest peak that is not a
fourteener
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Co ...
),
and the highest peak in the
Bishop
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area. The mountain was named by the
California Geological Survey
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History
Although it was not until 1880 that the California State Mining Bureau, predecessor to ...
of 1873 for
Andrew A. Humphreys, the chief
engineer
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of the
United States Army
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at the time.
See also
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List of mountain peaks of California
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks of the U.S. State of California.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
#The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of th ...
References
External links
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Mountains of Inyo County, California
Mountains of Fresno County, California
Inyo National Forest
Mountains of the John Muir Wilderness
Humphreys
Mountains of Northern California
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