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Mount Whitney is the highest summit in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). It is locted in the state of California. In July 1864 it was named for Josiah Whitney, then the State Geologist of California.

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Mt. Whitney is named after Josiah Whitney, a prominent geologist and the head of the California Geological Survey in the 19th century.

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