page_title: Mount Le Conte (California)
hierarchical_section_title: Mount Le Conte (California)
caption_attribution_description: English: The Sierra Nevada - John Muir Wilderness, Sequoia National Park - California. Northeast from Boreal Plateau, overlooking the Siberian Outpost. In the distance is Mount LeConte. The nameless peak on the extreme left and Cirque Peak bear remnants of the Old Cirque Peak erosion surface. Mount Langley bears a large remnant of the still more ancient Whitney erosion surface. The vale with the pond (foreground) has been slightly modified by glacial action. Circa 1935. ID. Matthes, F.E. 1151 Sequoia National Park, California.
context_page_description: Mount Le Conte is a mountain located in the Sierra Nevada of California. The boundary between Inyo and Tulare counties runs along the crest of the Sierra, across Mount Le Conte. The mountain was named in 1895 for Joseph Le Conte, the first professor of geology and natural history at the University of California.
context_section_description: Mount Le Conte (or LeConte) is a mountain located in the Sierra Nevada of California. The boundary between Inyo and Tulare counties runs along the crest of the Sierra, across Mount Le Conte. The mountain was named in 1895 for Joseph Le Conte (1823–1901), the first professor of geology and natural history at the University of California.
caption: Mount Le Conte from Boreal Plateau.
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