Picture Puzzle
Gendarme Peak
Aperture Peak

Tue, Aug 7, 2007

With: Ryan Spaulding

 Etymology
Gendarme Peak
 Story Photos / Slideshow Map Profile

Gendarme Peak (13,252 ft.)

Named by BGN in 1969

"The name first appeared in The Climber's Guide. It was made official by a BGN decision in 1969. Not named on early editions of the 15-minute quad. It is one mile north of Mt. Agassiz, marked '13241.'"
- Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada
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