Mount Whitney
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Highest peak in the United States, excluding Alaska.
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Meanwhile, the USS Mount Whitney, a sophisticated command, control, communication, and intelligence ship, is heading to the eastern Mediterranean to join a host of U.S. warships already there, the U.S.
From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2023
The Mount Whitney is more than 50 years old but comes equipped with sophisticated communications equipment allowing commanders to manage large-scale military operations.
From Washington Times • Oct. 18, 2023
Just east of Tulare County stands the 14,000-foot peak of Mount Whitney, part of the Sierra Nevada’s southern range, which is holding more than 300 percent of its average snowpack.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2023
The terrain includes the deepest canyon in the country, the largest trees in the world and Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023
In a hundred miles we passed two oases, the first at Olancha, the second around Lone Pine, a small, tree-filled town where a lot of mountain buffs turn off for the Mount Whitney Portal.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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