# Mount Corcoran

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**Mount Corcoran** is a 13,701-foot (4,176-metre) mountain summit located on the crest of the [Sierra Nevada](/source/Sierra_Nevada) mountain range in [California](/source/California).[1] It is situated on the boundary between [Tulare County](/source/Tulare_County,_California) and [Inyo County](/source/Inyo_County,_California), as well as the boundary between [Sequoia National Park](/source/Sequoia_National_Park) and [John Muir Wilderness](/source/John_Muir_Wilderness). It is 12 miles (19 km) west-southwest of the community of [Lone Pine](/source/Lone_Pine,_California), 3.6 miles (5.8 km) southeast of [Mount Whitney](/source/Mount_Whitney), 1.2 miles (1.9 km) northwest of [Mount Langley](/source/Mount_Langley), and 0.23 miles (0.37 km) immediately south of [Mount Le Conte](/source/Mount_Le_Conte_(California)), the nearest higher neighbor. [Topographic relief](/source/Topographic_relief) is significant as it rises approximately 1,800 feet (550 meters) above Iridescent Lake in one-half mile.

## Climate

According to the [Köppen climate classification](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification) system, Mount Corcoran has an [alpine climate](/source/Alpine_climate).[6] Most [weather fronts](/source/Weather_front) originate in the [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean), and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range ([orographic lift](/source/Orographic_lift)). Precipitation [runoff](/source/Surface_runoff) from this mountain drains west to the [Kern River](/source/Kern_River) via Rock Creek, and east to [Owens Valley](/source/Owens_Valley) via Tuttle Creek.

## History

The mountain known today as Mount Langley was named Mount Corcoran in 1868 by artistic painter [Albert Bierstadt](/source/Albert_Bierstadt) in honor of [William Wilson Corcoran](/source/William_Wilson_Corcoran) (1839–1923), an [American](/source/United_States) [banker](/source/Banker), [philanthropist](/source/Philanthropist), and [art collector](/source/Art_collector).[1] 1891 and 1933 decision descriptions by the [United States Board on Geographic Names](/source/United_States_Board_on_Geographic_Names) placed the Corcoran name at what is now known as Mount Langley. A 1968 board decision officially applied the Mount Corcoran name to the highest and northernmost of four pinnacles on the ridge immediately south of [Mount Le Conte](/source/Mount_Le_Conte_(California)) and north of Mt. Langley.[1]

The [first ascent](/source/First_ascent) of the summit was made in 1933 by Howard S. Gates.[5]

## Gallery

## See also

- [List of mountain peaks of California](/source/List_of_mountain_peaks_of_California)

## References

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1. Secor, R. J. (1997). *The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes and Trails (1st ed. revised)*. Seattle: The Mountaineers Books. p. 36. ISBN 978-0898869712.

1. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L., T. A.; McMahon (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". *Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.*. **11**. [ISSN 1027-5606](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1027-5606)

## External links

- Weather forecast: [Mount Corcoran](https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5339533/United%20States/California/Inyo%20County/Mount%20Corcoran)

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