Mount Darwin (California)
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| Mount Darwin | |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 13,831 feet (4,216 meters) |
| Location | California, USA |
| Range | Sierra Nevada |
| Coordinates | |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Darwin |
| First ascent | 1908 by E. C. Andrews and Willard D. Johnson |
| Easiest route | basic snow/glacier climb |
Mount Darwin is a flat-topped mountain, named for evolution-theorist Charles Darwin, in the Sierra Nevada range in Fresno County, California that is a popular climb. It is located in the Kings Canyon National Park and the Inyo National Forest. It was first climbed on August 12, 1908 by E. C. Andrews and Willard D. Johnson.
The modern name of the mountain was given to it in 1895 by Theodore S. Solomons and E. C. Bonner (of the United States Geological Survey) as part of a series of mountains named after naturalists. Other nearby mountains include Mount Fiske, Mount Haeckel, Mount Huxley, Mount Spencer, and Mount Wallace. (This assortment of mountains is also known as the Evolution Region.)
A similar exercise in naming mountains after naturalists and others involved in the controversy surrounding evolution in the late nineteenth century, also occurred at the West Coast Range in Tasmania, Australia.
Nearby landmarks include Darwin Glacier and Darwin Canyon.
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