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How wide is mount Whitney?
This really cannot be answered as Mt. Whitney is part of the Sierra Nevada which spans hundreds of miles.
Does California have mountains?
The tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, Mt. Whitney, is located in California. The Sierra Nevada mountain range is located in part in California.
What is the name of the high mountains in the far western part of the country that include the tallest peak in the continental US?
Mt McKinley is in the Alaska Range. Mt McKinley is the tallest peak in the US, but it's in Alaska. It soars to 20,320 feet. In direct answer to your question: Mt Whitney in California, located in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains attains an altitude of about 14,500 feet.
What mountains lie between California and Nevada?
Yes, they do. The Sierra Nevada is the mountain's that lie between California & Nevada.
What mountains are closest to the Pacific Ocean?
California has many mountains which are right in it, so there's no good answer. Mt Whitney, for one, is the tallest mountain in the lower 48 US states, and it's in California.
What the second tallest mountains in the continental US?
Mt. Saint Elias, which is in Alaska. The highest mountain in the other states is Mt. Whitney, in Nevada.
What are the mountains in Nevada?
Mt Charleston; Mt Rose
What is the most famous Montana mountain?
Mt. Sierra Nevada
What are the Sierra Nevada Mountains made out of?
Half of it lies on the North American Plate and half of it is on the Pacific Plate.
What are the largest mountains in the us?
Mt McKinley (Denali) in Alaska Mt Whitney in California
What snow covered mountains is in eastern California?
Mt. Whitney
Where is the tallest mountain in the lower 48 located?
Mt. Whitney is the highest mountain in the contiguous United States. It is located in the Sierra Nevada Range in California. Its elevation is 14,505 feet (4,421 m).
