Smith Mountain (Death Valley)

Smith Mountain
Elevation 5,915 ft (1,803 m) [1]
Prominence 1,593 ft (486 m) [2]
Listing Desert Peaks Section List [3]
Location
Location Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, USA
Range Amargosa Range
Coordinates [1]
Topo map USGS, Gold Valley, CA
Climbing
Easiest route Hike class 1 [3]

Smith Mountain, 5,915 feet (1,803 m), is a peak in the Amargosa Range in Death Valley National Park in California.

It is named after Francis Marion "Borax" Smith, of the local Pacific Coast Borax Company enterprise.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Smith Mountain". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=GS0906. Retrieved 2009-05-03. 
  2. ^ "Smith Mountain, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=3680. 
  3. ^ a b "Desert Peaks Section List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/dps/dpslist.pdf. 
  4. ^ Hanna, Phil Townsend. "The dictionary of California land names‎". 1951. Page 309