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Mount Whitney is the highest summit in the contiguous United States and the Sierra Nevada, with an elevation of .〔 It is on the boundary between California's Inyo and Tulare counties, west-northwest of the lowest point in North America at Badwater in Death Valley National Park at below sea level.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Find Distance and Azimuths Between 2 Sets of Coordinates )〕 The west slope of the mountain is in Sequoia National Park and the summit is the southern terminus of the John Muir Trail which runs from Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley. The east slope is in the Inyo National Forest in Inyo County. == Geography == The summit of Whitney is on the Sierra Crest and near many of the highest peaks of the Sierra Nevada. The peak rises or just over two miles above the town of Lone Pine 15 miles to the east, in the Owens Valley. The peak dramatically rises above the floor of the Owens Valley. It rises more gradually on the west side, sitting only about above the John Muir Trail at Guitar Lake. The mountain is dome-shaped, with its famously jagged ridges extending to the sides. Mount Whitney is above the tree line and has an alpine climate and ecology. Very few plants grow near the summit: one example is the Skypilot, a cushion plant that grows low to the ground.〔 〕 The only animals are transient, such as the butterfly ''Parnassius phoebus'' and the gray-crowned rosy finch.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Whitney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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