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North Palisade, California

14,242 feet, 4341 meters

Subpeaks	Starlight Peak (14,200 ft/4328 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 6' N; 118° 31' W 37.09419, -118.514467 (Dec Deg) 365411E 4106394N Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Fresno (Highest Point) Inyo
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Aerial photo of North Palisade from a Cessna flying at 13,800 feet. Photo courtesy of Edward Earl.

Web Map Links

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Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Pacific Ranges
Range3: Sierra Nevada
Range4: Central Sierra Nevada (Highest Point)
Range5: Palisades (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

Kings (HP)
Tulare Lake Bed (HP)
South San Joaquin Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.

Owens Valley
Great Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.

Ownership

Land: Kings Canyon National Park (Highest Point)/Inyo National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: John Muir Wilderness Area

Topo Map

North Palisade 37118-A5 1:24,000

Prominence

Clean Prominence: 2894 ft/882 m
Optimistic Prominence: 2894 ft/882 m
Line Parent: Mount Williamson
Key Col: Sawmill Pass 11,348 ft/3459 m
    Topo Map: Aberdeen 36118-H3 1:24,000
    Key Col Lat/Long: 36° 53' N; 118° 22' W
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Isolation

32.17 mi/51.76 km
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
Mount Williamson (SSE)
Isolation Limit Point: 36° 39' N; 118° 19' W
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Other Photos

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The North Palisade massif glows in evening alpenglow from Palisade Basin. Photo by Grant Myers.
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