Mount Abbot is a mountain in

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, in the John Muir Wilderness. It is located between Mount Mills and

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along the Sierra Crest and straddles the border between Fresno and

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counties. The peak was named for Henry Larcom Abbot who, in 1855, was a member of the Williamson party of the Pacific Railroad Surveys in California and Oregon. He retired from the

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as a

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in 1904.

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Mountains of Inyo County, California Mountains of Fresno County, California Mountains of the John Muir Wilderness Mountains of Northern California North American 4000 m summits {{InyoCountyCA-geo-stub

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