Mount Whitney
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Highest peak in the United States, excluding Alaska.
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The Kern River originates near Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States, and winds through Tulare County before it meanders into Kern County down to the valley floor, and through Bakersfield.
From New York Times ● Jun. 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 new task force will be commissioned Sunday and will see the USS Mount Whitney, a Blue Ridge class amphibious command ship previously part of the Navy’s African and European 6th Fleet, join it.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
Navy said on Monday that the USS Mount Whitney had arrived in Istanbul and that it would soon join forces with other ships in the Black Sea.
From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2021
It was winter, the sun had already dropped behind Mount Whitney.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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