Hvad er det højeste bjerg i det kontinentale usa?
Mount Whitney
Mount Whitney er det højeste bjerg i Californien og den højeste top i de sammenhængende amerikanske stater og Sierra Nevada - med en højde på 4.421 m. Det ligger på grænsen mellem de californiske amter Inyo og Tulare, 136,2 km vestnordvest for det laveste punkt i Nordamerika ved Badwater Basin i Death Valley National Park, der ligger 86 m under havets overflade. Bjergets vestlige skråning ligger i Sequoia National Park, og toppen er den sydlige afslutning på John Muir Trail, som løber 341,0 km fra Happy Isles i Yosemite Valley. Den østlige skråning ligger i Inyo National Forest i Inyo County.
Mount Whitney
Mount Whitney is the tallest mountain in California, as well as the highest summit in the contiguous United States and the Sierra Nevada—with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). It is located on the boundary between California's Inyo and Tulare counties, 84.6 miles (136.2 km) west-northwest of the lowest point in North America at Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park at 282 ft (86 m) below sea level. The west slope of the mountain is in Sequoia National Park and the summit is the southern terminus of the John Muir Trail which runs 211.9 mi (341.0 km) from Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley. The east slope is in the Inyo National Forest in Inyo County.
Mount Whitney