Recess Peak
Volcanic Knob

Mon, Oct 10, 2005

With: Matthew Holliman
Rick Kent

 Etymology
Recess Peak
Volcanic Knob
 Story Photos / Slideshow Maps: 1 2 Profile

Recess Peak (12,813 ft.)

Named by T.S. Solomons in 1894

Also First-Fourth Recess, Lakes

"Theodore S. Solomons discovered and named the four recesses in 1894, and named the peak because of its proximity to the First Recess. (Farquhar: Solomons.) The lakes are first named on the 15-minute quad, 1953."
- Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada
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