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Third Needle, California

Elevation: 14,108+ feet, 4300+ meters

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 4300 - 4320 m (20-meter closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 14,114 ft / 4302 m (Range 4302 - 14,134 m)
Peak Type	Sub-Peak, subsidiary to Mount Whitney
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	36° 34' 24'' N; 118° 17' 23'' W 36.573359, -118.28985 (Dec Deg) 384593E 4048319N Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Inyo Tulare
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Third Needle

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Ranges

Drainage Basins

Kern
Buena Vista Lake Bed
South San Joaquin Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

Owens Valley
Great Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

Ownership

Land: Sequoia National Park/Inyo National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness Area/John Muir Wilderness Area

Topo Map

Mount Whitney O36118e3 1:24,000

Clean Prominence: 0 ft/0 m
Optimistic Prominence: 130 ft/40 m
Key Col: 14,108 ft/4300 m  (20 meter contour)
Col elevation in range between 4280 and 4300 meters.
    Topo Map: Mount Whitney O36118e3 1:24,000
    Key Col Lat/Long: 36° 34' 25'' N; 118° 17' 27'' W
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0.09 mi/0.15 km
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
Crooks Peak (NNW)
Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.

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