Definition of Mount Whitney

1. Noun. The highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high).

Exact synonyms: Whitney
Generic synonyms: Mountain Peak
Group relationships: High Sierra, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada Mountains

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mount Whitney

Mount Orizaba
Mount Pinatubo
Mount Ranier
Mount Ranier National Park
Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore State
Mount Saint Helens
Mount Shasta
Mount Sherman
Mount Sinai
Mount St. Helens
Mount Tacoma
Mount Vernon
Mount Vesuvius
Mount Whitney (current term)
Mount Wilson
Mountain Dew
Mountain Standard Time
Mountain State
Mountain Time
Mountie
Mounties
Mountweazel
Mouseketeer
Mouseketeers
Moussorgsky
Mouton
Movember
Movement 2 June

Literary usage of Mount Whitney

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Yosemite Guide-book: A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the by Geological Survey of California, Josiah Dwight Whitney (1869)
"The other, which we called Mount Whitney, appeared equally inaccessible from any point on the north or west side; it is between seven and eight miles ..."

2. Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada by Clarence King (1902)
"XIII Mount Whitney 1871 THERE lay between Carson and Mount Whitney a ride of two hundred and eighty miles along the east base of the Sierra. ..."

3. The Destinies of the Stars by Svante Arrhenius (1918)
"... who on several occasions has made magnificent contributions toward astronomical research, Campbell equipped an expedition to Mount Whitney in California ..."

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