Mount Goethe

Mount Goethe
Mount Goethe

Highest point
Elevation 13,270 ft (4,045 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence 904 ft (276 m)[1]
Listing Sierra Peaks Section[2]
Coordinates 37°12′23″N 118°42′10″W / 37.2063244°N 118.7028901°W / 37.2063244; -118.7028901Coordinates: 37°12′23″N 118°42′10″W / 37.2063244°N 118.7028901°W / 37.2063244; -118.7028901[3]
Geography
Location Fresno County, California, USA
Parent range Glacier Divide, Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Mount Darwin
Climbing
First ascent 6 July 1933 by David Brower and George Rockwood[4]
Easiest route Hike, class 1[2]

Mount Goethe is a summit in Fresno County, California, in the United States.[3] With an elevation of 13,270 feet (4,045 m), Mount Goethe is the 96th highest summit in the state of California.[5]

It was named after the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the author of Faust.[6]

Mount Goethe was first climbed in 1933 by David Brower and George Rockwood.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Goethe, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Goethe". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 311. ISBN 9780898869712.
  5. "California Thirteeners". Vulgarian Ramblers. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  6. Bright, William (1998). 1500 California Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning. University of California Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-520-21271-8.


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