geo.wikisort.org - MountainsMount Ritter is the highest mountain in Madera County, California, in the Western United States, at an elevation of 13,149 feet (4,008 m). It is also the highest and most prominent peak of its namesake, the Ritter Range, a subrange of the Sierra Nevada in the Ansel Adams Wilderness of the Inyo and Sierra National Forests. Mount Ritter is the 15th highest mountain peak in California with at least 500 meters of topographic prominence.
Mountain in California, United States
Geography
Mount Ritter is made of strikingly dark rock and is quite prominent due to its height and isolation.[1] It is in the middle of the Ritter Range, which includes neighboring Banner Peak and the Minarets. The prominent and memorable shape of the Ritter–Banner pair is visible from high elevations far to the north and south in the Sierra Nevada.
Mount Ritter was named by Josiah Whitney, chief of the California Geological Survey, for Carl Ritter, who had been a teacher of his when he was a student in Berlin during the 1840s.[5]
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The 124 highest major summits of greater North America |
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The 46 highest major summits of California |
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Southern peaks | |
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Passes |
- Fredonyer
- Beckwourth
- Yuba
- Donner
- Mt. Rose
- Spooner
- Echo
- Carson
- Monitor
- Ebbetts
- Sonora
- Tioga
- Minaret
- Kaweah
- Sherman
- Tehachapi
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Rivers | |
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Lakes | |
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Protected areas | National parks & monuments |
- Kings Canyon
- Sequoia
- Yosemite
- Devils Postpile
- Giant Sequoia
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National forests |
- Eldorado
- Humboldt–Toiyabe
- Inyo
- Lake Tahoe Basin
- Lassen
- Plumas
- Sequoia
- Sierra
- Stanislaus
- Tahoe
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Wilderness areas |
- Ansel Adams
- Bright Star
- Bucks Lake
- Carson–Iceberg
- Chimney Peak
- Dinkey Lakes
- Domeland
- Emigrant
- Golden Trout
- Hoover
- Ishi
- Jennie Lakes
- John Krebs
- John Muir
- Kaiser
- Kiavah
- Mokelumne
- Monarch
- Mount Rose
- Owens Peak
- Owens River Headwaters
- Sacatar Trail
- Sequoia-Kings Canyon
- Yosemite
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State parks |
- Burton Creek
- Calaveras Big Trees
- D. L. Bliss
- Donner Memorial
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point
- Emerald Bay
- Grover Hot Springs
- Lake Tahoe Nevada
- Plumas-Eureka
- South Yuba River
- Van Sickle
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Communities | |
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Ski areas |
- Alpine Meadows
- Badger Pass
- Bear Valley
- Boreal
- China Peak
- Dodge Ridge
- Donner Ski Ranch
- Heavenly
- Homewood
- June Mountain
- Kirkwood
- Mammoth Mountain
- Northstar
- Sierra at Tahoe
- Squaw Valley
- Sugar Bowl
- Tahoe Donner
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Trails |
- High Sierra Trail
- John Muir Trail
- Pacific Crest Trail
- Sierra High Route
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На других языках
[de] Mount Ritter
Mount Ritter ist ein 4.010 Meter hoher Berg in der Sierra Nevada im US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien. Er besteht aus bemerkenswert dunklem Gestein und erscheint als höchster Berg in einem Umkreis von 48 Kilometern sehr auffallend. Wie Banner Peak und The Minarets ist Mount Ritter Teil der Ritter Range.
- [en] Mount Ritter
[fr] Mont Ritter
Le mont Ritter (en anglais : Mount Ritter) est un sommet de la Sierra Nevada, aux États-Unis. Il culmine à 4 006 mètres d'altitude dans le comté de Madera, en Californie. Il est protégé au sein de l'Ansel Adams Wilderness à la frontière entre la forêt nationale d'Inyo et la forêt nationale de Sierra.
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