Mount Whitney
/ˌmaʊnt ˈwɪtni/
/ˌmaʊnt ˈwɪtni/
- a mountain in the Sierra Nevada range in central California. It is 14 494 feet/4 421 metres high and was named after Josiah Whitney (1819-96), the first head of the California State Geological Service, who measured it in 1864.
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