| Mount Linn | |
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Sunrise Looking Northwest |
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| Elevation | 8,094 ft (2,467 m) [1] |
| Prominence | 4,814 ft (1,467 m) [1] |
| Location | |
| Location | Tehama County, California, USA |
| Range | South Yolla Bolly Mountains |
| Coordinates | [2] |
| Topo map | USGS South Yolla Bolla Mountains |
Mount Linn, at 8,094-foot (2,467 m), is the easternmost summit on South Yolla Bolly Mountain, and is located in the Northern Coast Ranges of California in the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness. The summit is the highest point in the Northern Coast Ranges south of the Trinity Alps of the Klamath Mountains.[1] The elevation of the mountain allows it to receive heavy winter snowfall and it has low average annual temperature near the summit.[3]
A tarn named Square Lake is located in a cirques on Mount Linn's north slope.[4] The cirques was carved by glaciers during the Ice Age.
The mountain was named by John C. Frémont in honor of Lewis F. Linn, a senator from Missouri, who played an important roll in the acquisition of the Oregon Territory.[5]