Junction Peak

Junction Peak is a thirteener in the Sierra Nevada. Joseph Nisbet LeConte chose this name in 1896, noting that it marks the point where the Sierra Crest crosses the water divide of the Kern and Kings rivers.

Photo: Ansel Adams, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Forester Pass and Mount Keith.

Forester Pass

Mountain saddle

Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0.

Forester Pass is a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada. Located on the Kings-Kern Divide and on the boundary between Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park, Forester Pass connects the drainages of Bubbs Creek and the Kern River.

Mount Keith

Peak

Photo: William Keith (artist), Public domain.

Mount Keith is a mountain on the crest of California's Sierra Nevada, between Mount Bradley to the north, and Junction Peak to the southwest. Its north and west facing slopes feed the Kings River watershed by way of Bubbs Creek, and its east and south slopes feed the Owens River via Shepherd Creek.

Caltech Peak

Peak

Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0.

Caltech Peak is a 13,832-foot-elevation mountain summit located in Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, California. It is situated one mile west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, just one-half mile south of the Kings–Kern Divide, one mile south of line parent Mount Stanford, and 9.3 miles northwest of Mount Whitney.

Junction Peak

Type: Peak with an elevation of 13,858 feet
Description: summit on the Kings–Kern Divide of the Sierra Nevada in California, United States
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.69104° or 36° 41′ 28″ north

Longitude

-118.36632° or 118° 21′ 59″ west

Elevation

13,858 feet (4,224 metres)

Open location code

8583MJRM+CF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358798368

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

5361444

Wikidata ID

Q6311758

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Polish—“Junction Peak” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Junction Peak”
Czech: “Junction Peak”
Dutch: “Junction Peak”
Egyptian Arabic: “جبل چونكتيون پياك”
Hebrew: “פסגת ג’נקשן”
Japanese: “ジャンクション・ピーク”
Ladin: “Junction Peak”
Polish: “Junction Peak”
“Junction Peak”

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