Alta Peak
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title:
Alta Peak
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Alta Peak is in Sequoia National Park not far from Giant Forest. Before 1896, the mountain was known as Tharps Peak. By 1903 it was generally known by its current name and Alta Peak appears on the Tehipite quadrangle, USGS 30 minute topographic map of 1905,
and was officially recognized by the Board on Geographic Names in 1928. The Sierra Club Bulletin noted that the name Alta Peak was "euphonious". A meadow on its southern slope had long been known as Alta Meadow.
A rocky outcrop, 0.5 miles (0.
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Mountain peak in Sequoia National Park
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_Peak
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2023-06-10T20:28:55Z
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