Rattlesnake Mountain
Luna Mountain
Round Mountain
Ord Mountains HP
The Pinnacles
Mt. Marie Louise
Strawberry Peak
Heaps Peak

Fri, Dec 18, 2009

With: Tom Becht

Etymology
Rattlesnake Mountain
Luna Mountain
Round Mountain
Ord Mountains HP
The Pinnacles
Mt. Marie Louise
Strawberry Peak
Heaps Peak
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Round Mountain (5,272 ft.)

"Named for the appearance of the summit.

Name first appears on USGS Deep Creek quad (1902).

Peak was on the original 1946 HPS Peak List."

- HPS Summit Signatures

"The descriptive adjective, applied to about a hundred features, is used mainly for Mountains and Valleys. Half of all the elevations designated as 'tops' are Round Tops."

- Erwin G. Gudde, California Place Names


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For more information see these SummitPost pages: The Pinnacles - Strawberry Peak

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