Mount Whitney
Mount Whitney is in the Sierra Nevada range in California. At an elevation of 14,505 ft above sea level, it is the highest point in the contiguous United States.
- Peak rising to 14,475 feet (4,412 metres)
- Description: highest mountain in California and the contiguous United States
- Also known as“Fisherman’s Peak”“Mount Churchill”“Mt. Whitney”“Whitney’s Peak”
Places of Interest
Discover Mount Muir and Mount Russell.
Mount Muir
Mount Muir is a peak in the Sierra Nevada of California, 0.95 miles south of Mount Whitney.
Mount Russell
Mount Russell is a peak in the Sierra Nevada mountain…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitney Portal.
Whitney Portal
Whitney Portal is the end of the Whitney Portal road…
Mount Whitney
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Latitude
36.5786° or 36° 34′ 43″ north
Longitude
-118.2921° or 118° 17′ 32″ west
Open location code
8583HPH5+C4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made = survey_point
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = peak
Satellite Map
See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Mount Whitney” goes by many names.
Mount WhitneyAfrikaans
جبل ويتنيArabic
ՈւիթնիArmenian
Monte WhitneyAsturian
Uitni dağıAzerbaijani
Vitni dağıAzerbaijani
Whitney mendiaBasque
Гара УітніBelarusian
ЎітніBelarusian
Menez WhitneyBreton
УитниBulgarian
Mont WhitneyCatalan
Mount WhitneyCatalan
WhitneyCatalan
Mount WhitneyCebuano
Mount Whitney (bukid sa Estados Unidos, California, Tulare County)Cebuano
惠特尼山Chinese
惠特尼峰Chinese
Mount WhitneyCroatian
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جبل ويتنىEgyptian Arabic
Monto WhitneyEsperanto
Mount WhitneyEsperanto
Mount WhitneyEstonian
Mount WhitneyFinnish
Monte WhitneyGalician
უიტნიGeorgian
უიტნის მთაGeorgian
όρος ΧουίτνιGreek
Όρος ΧουίτνυGreek
הר ויטניHebrew
Mount WhitneyIcelandic
Monte WhitneyItalian
ホイットニー山Japanese
マウント・ホイットニーJapanese
휘트니산Korean
Mount WhitneyLadin
Mons VitneiLatin
Mons WhitneyLatin
Vitnio kalnasLithuanian
VitnisLithuanian
മൗണ്ട് വിറ്റ്നിMalayalam
Maunga WhitneyMaori
Mount WhitneyMaori
Mount WhitneyNorwegian
Mount WhitneyNorwegian Bokmål
Mount WhitneyNorwegian Nynorsk
Mont WhitneyOccitan (post 1500)
کوهٔ ویتنیPersian
مونت ویتنیPersian
Mount WhitneyPolish
Mount WhitneyRomansh
Гора УитниRussian
УитниRussian
Moont WhitneyScots
Maunt VitniSerbian
ВитниSerbian
планина ВитниSerbian
Mount WhitneySlovak
Mount WhitneySlovenian
Mt. WhitneySlovenian
Mlima WhitneySwahili
Mount WhitneySwedish
விட்னி மலைTamil
Whitney DağıTurkish
ВітніUkrainian
Гора УїтніUkrainian
Monte WhitneyVenetian
Núi WhitneyVietnamese
Bukid WhitneyWaray (Philippines)
ٹلہ وٹنیWestern Panjabi
惠特尼峰Wu Chinese
惠特尼峰Yue Chinese
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Mount Whitney”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bighorn Park and Guyot Flat.
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Tulare County: Highlights
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