Mount Warren is a 12,327-foot-elevation (3,757 meter)

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located in the

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mountain range, in

Mono County, California Mono County ( ) is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,195, making it the fourth-least populous county in California. The county seat is Bridgeport. The co ...

, United States. The mountain is set within the

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, on land managed by

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. The peak is situated south of Gilcrest Peak, northwest of

Lee Vining Peak Lee Vining Peak is an 11,690-foot-elevation (3,563 meter) summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Mono County of northern California, United States. The mountain is set within the Hoover Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo ...

, and southeast of Excelsior Mountain, which is the nearest higher neighbor.

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is significant as the summit rises above

Mono Lake Mono Lake ( ) is a saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake which make its water alka ...

in 4.5 miles.

History

The mountain's toponym was officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names to honor

Gouverneur K. Warren Gouverneur Kemble Warren (January 8, 1830 – August 8, 1882) was an American civil engineer and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He is best remembered for arranging the last-minute defense of Little Round Top during the B ...

(1830–1882), topographer and

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during the

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. Mt. Warren is labeled on the 1901 Bridgeport Quadrangle map. The

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of the summit was made by Vitus Wackenreuder, a cartographer with the California Geological Survey, sometime during the 1860s before 1868.R. J. Secor, ''The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails'', 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, , page 438.

Climate

Mount Warren is located in an

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zone. Most

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s originate in the

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, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (

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), causing moisture in the form of rain or snowfall to drop onto the range. Precipitation

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from this mountain drains to

Gallery

File:Mt. Warren, Mono Lake, CA.jpg, Mt. Warren (right of center), from Mono Lake. File:Conway Summit to Warren.jpg, North aspect of Mt. Warren (center), Gilcrest Peak (right), from Conway Summit File:Conway Summit Area of Critical Environmental Concern (28175914533).jpg, Mt. Warren (left), Gilcrest Peak (right), from Conway Summit File:Lee Vining Peak, Mono Lake.jpg,

(centered) seen from Mono Lake. Mount Warren to the right. File:Tufas on Mono Lake.jpg, Lee Vining Peak and Mount Warren (right, with snowfields) seen from Mono Lake. File:17 27 174 mono lake.jpg, Mt. Warren centered in the distance, from Mono Lake.

References

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History

Climate

See also

Gallery

References