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Needham Mountain is a mountain summit of the Sierra Nevada, located in Tulare County, California. It is located in the southern Sierra Nevada, in the central part of Sequoia National Park. Needham Mountain is 6 mi (9.7 km) miles east of Mineral King, 5.6 mi (9.0 km) northeast of Mount Kaweah, and 17 mi (27 km) southwest of the highest peak in the state, Mount Whitney. With an altitude of 12,536 ft (3,821 m), Needham Mountain is the twentieth-highest mountain in California with a prominence of 1,880 ft (570 m).[3][1] The mountain is named after an American congressman who represented California at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, James C. Needham.[3] The first ascent of the summit was made in July 1916, by M. R. Parsons, Agnes Vaile, H. B. Graham, and Edmund Chamberlain.[4]

Needham Mountain
Northeast aspect centered behind ridge
Highest point
Elevation12,536 ft (3,821 m)[1]
Prominence1,880 ft (570 m)[1]
Isolation6.32 mi (10.17 km)[2]
Coordinates36°27′16″N 118°32′14″W[3]
Geography
Needham Mountain
Location of Needham Mountain in California
LocationTulare County, California, US
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Climbing
First ascentJuly 1916

Climate


Needham Mountain is located in an alpine climate zone.[5] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range (orographic lift). Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains east to Big Arroyo, which is a tributary of the Kern River.

Needham Mountain centered, from ENE
Needham Mountain centered, from ENE

See also



References


  1. "Needham Mountain, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  2. Needham Mountain, listsofjohn.com
  3. "Needham Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  4. Mildred Jentsch and Arthur J. Reyman, A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra (1954)
  5. "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica.


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Needham Mountain es una cumbre de la Sierra Nevada, situada en el condado de Tulare, California. Se encuentra en la parte sur de la Sierra Nevada, en la parte central del parque nacional de las Secuoyas. Needham Mountain está a 9,7 km al este de Mineral King, a 9,0 km al noreste del monte Kaweah y a 27 km al suroeste del pico más alto del estado, el monte Whitney. Con una altitud de 3.821 m, el monte Needham es la vigésima montaña más alta de California, con una prominencia de 570 m.[1] [2] La montaña lleva el nombre de un congresista estadounidense de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX, James C. Needham.[3] La primera ascensión a la cima fue realizada en julio de 1916 por M. R. Parsons, Agnes Vaile, H. B. Graham y Edmund Chamberlain.[4]


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