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Sierra Nevada Peaks - Region 2, Peak 8
Mineral King And Kern River

Updated 25 May 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Region 2: Mineral King And Kern River, 10 peaks (see a list or map of other regions)


    Map exported from     TOPO! software, used with permission.

    Mineral King And Kern River
    sorted numerically on Elev column
    The requested peak, Florence Peak, is highlighted below.
    click on these headings to sort by that column click on these headings for more info
    Num Peak Name
    (more links)     		Waypoint Elev SPS ClassPics and
    Reports    		UTM hint
    (map)    		7.5' MapRegister
    2.6Homers NoseHOMERS9023 11 pic of HomersNose
    6 reports on homers    		441278Silver City 
    2.5Moses MtnMOSESM9331 33 reports on moses491160Moses Mtn 
    2.2Angora MtnANGORM10198 21 pic of AngoraMtn
    2 reports on angora    		702140Kern Lake 
    2.4North Maggie MtnNMAGGM10234 12 reports on maggie530157Moses Mtn 
    2.3Coyote PeakCOYOTP10892 21 pic of CoyotePeak
    2 reports on coyote    		702193Kern Lake 
    2.1Kern PeakKERNPK11510 11 pic of KernPeak
    4 reports on kern    		845187Kern Peak 
    2.7Vandever MtnVANDEM11947 15 reports on vandever583291Mineral King 
    2.9Sawtooth Peak NSAWTON12343 22 pics of SawtoothPeakN
    16 reports on sawtooth    		607354Mineral King 
    2.8Florence PeakFLOREP12432 29 reports on florence610299Mineral King 
    2.10Needham MtnNEEDHM12520+ 2s35 reports on needham623353Mineral King 

    NOTE: M = Mountaineers Peak, E = Emblem Peak, X = not on SPS List (in 'SPS' column)
      ^ = metric contours and elevations on 7.5' maps (in 7.5' map columns)
      Name Mt  => 'Mt' should be before peak 'Name' (ex: Rose Mt is Mount Rose, but sorted on 'Rose')
      Name Mtn => 'Mtn' is after peak 'Name' as listed (ex: Muah Mtn is Muah Mountain)
      Maps listed here are USGS 7.5 minute topo quads

    Below are GPS waypoints, in Waypoint+ text format, suitable for downloading to a GPS or importing/viewing in TOPO! software. The comment field contains the exact peak name, as in the various lists of peaks, but may be truncated by your GPS. The waypoint names are all abbreviated to 6 characters. Note that peaks marked by 'X' in the table above are not on the SPS List.

    The first set of data below has decimal degrees, with latitude and longitude after the 3rd and 4th comma. The second set of data shows full UTM zone, easting, and northing after the 3rd, 4th, and 5th commas. The "UTM Hint" in the table above represents the peak location to the nearest 100 meters, use the data below for more precision.

    NAD83 datum, Latitude/Longitude in decimal degrees (UTM below).

    Datum,North America 1983,GRS 80,0,-1.6E-7,0,0,0
RouteName,2,MINKINGKERNR
RoutePoint,D,KERNPK,36.3085345,-118.2878831,08/28/2008,00:06:44,KERN PEAK
RoutePoint,D,ANGORM,36.2643761,-118.4459262,08/28/2008,00:06:44,ANGORA MTN
RoutePoint,D,COYOTP,36.3120880,-118.4471875,08/28/2008,00:06:44,COYOTE PEAK
RoutePoint,D,NMAGGM,36.2767395,-118.6378389,08/28/2008,00:06:44,NORTH MAGGIE MTN
RoutePoint,D,MOSESM,36.2785634,-118.6809438,08/28/2008,00:06:44,MOSES MTN
RoutePoint,D,HOMERS,36.3846228,-118.7389514,08/28/2008,00:06:44,HOMERS NOSE
RoutePoint,D,VANDEM,36.3982447,-118.5812237,08/28/2008,00:06:44,VANDEVER MTN
RoutePoint,D,FLOREP,36.4060742,-118.5507147,08/28/2008,00:06:44,FLORENCE PEAK
RoutePoint,D,SAWTON,36.4554268,-118.5552528,08/28/2008,00:06:44,SAWTOOTH PEAK N
RoutePoint,D,NEEDHM,36.4543976,-118.5372072,08/28/2008,00:06:44,NEEDHAM MTN

    NAD27 datum, UTM Zone/East/North in decimal meters (degrees above).

    Datum,North America 1927 mean,Clarke 1866 ,-69.4,-0.37264639,-8,160,176
RouteName,2,MINKINGKERNR
RoutePoint,UTM,KERNPK,11,384457.0,4018744.0,08/28/2008,00:06:44,KERN PEAK
RoutePoint,UTM,ANGORM,11,370194.2,4014045.7,08/28/2008,00:06:44,ANGORA MTN
RoutePoint,UTM,COYOTP,11,370160.0,4019340.0,08/28/2008,00:06:44,COYOTE PEAK
RoutePoint,UTM,NMAGGM,11,352976.7,4015691.3,08/28/2008,00:06:44,NORTH MAGGIE MTN
RoutePoint,UTM,MOSESM,11,349108.4,4015959.9,08/28/2008,00:06:44,MOSES MTN
RoutePoint,UTM,HOMERS,11,344109.8,4027817.3,08/28/2008,00:06:44,HOMERS NOSE
RoutePoint,UTM,VANDEM,11,358282.6,4029085.6,08/28/2008,00:06:44,VANDEVER MTN
RoutePoint,UTM,FLOREP,11,361032.6,4029909.8,08/28/2008,00:06:44,FLORENCE PEAK
RoutePoint,UTM,SAWTON,11,360714.0,4035391.2,08/28/2008,00:06:44,SAWTOOTH PEAK N
RoutePoint,UTM,NEEDHM,11,362329.4,4035251.1,08/28/2008,00:06:44,NEEDHAM MTN