Mount Le Conte (or LeConte) is a
mountain located in the
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...
of
California. The boundary between
Inyo Inyo may refer to:
Places California
* Inyo County, California
* Inyo National Forest, USA
* The Inyo Mountains
* The Mono–Inyo Craters
Other uses
* Japanese for yin and yang
Yin and yang ( and ) is a Chinese philosophy, Chinese p ...
and
Tulare counties runs along the crest of the Sierra, across Mount Le Conte. The mountain was named in 1895 for
Joseph Le Conte (1823–1901), the first professor of
geology and
natural history at the
University of California.
Geography
Mount Le Conte is about southeast of
Mount Whitney
Mount Whitney (Paiute: Tumanguya; ''Too-man-i-goo-yah'') is the highest mountain in the contiguous United States and the Sierra Nevada, with an elevation of . It is in East–Central California, on the boundary between California's Inyo and Tu ...
, and is flanked to the northwest by
Mount Mallory
Mount Mallory is a mountain located in the Sierra Nevada of California. The boundary between Inyo National Forest and Sequoia National Park runs across the summit. The peak was named in memory of George H. Leigh Mallory, of the 1924 British Mo ...
, and to the southeast by
Mount Corcoran
Mount Corcoran is a mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. It is situated on the boundary between Tulare County and Inyo County, as well as the boundary between Sequoia National Park and John Mui ...
.
The southwest side of Mount Le Conte drains into Rock Creek, thence into the
Kern River, which ends in the
Central Valley of California. The north side of Mount Le Conte drains into Meysan Creek, thence into Lone Pine Creek, which ends in the
Owens Valley. The east side of Le Conte drains into Tuttle Creek, and thence into
Diaz Lake
Diaz Lake, elevation , is located in the Owens Valley, just south of Lone Pine, California, United States. It covers .
History
The lake was formed by the 1872 Lone Pine earthquake on Tuesday, March 26 of that year when of the Owens Valley drop ...
in the Owens Valley.
The southwest side is in
Sequoia National Park while the north and east is in the
John Muir Wilderness of the
Inyo National Forest. The
Pacific Crest Trail enters the park from the south at Siberian Pass about south of Mount Le Conte, and runs through the park a few miles west of the Sierra Crest.
See also
*
Mountain peaks of California
References
External links
*
Mountains of Sequoia National Park
Mountains of the John Muir Wilderness
Mountains of Inyo County, California
Mountains of Tulare County, California
Mountains of Northern California
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