Mount Farquhar

Mount Farquhar
Mount Farquhar's Northeast Face, showing its old namesake notch, from Kearsarge Pass, May 2009.
Highest point
Elevation12,890 ft (3,929 m) NGVD 29
Prominence652 ft (199 m)
Parent peakNorth Guard
Coordinates36°43′43″N 118°29′56″W / 36.7285482°N 118.4989858°W / 36.7285482; -118.4989858
Geography
Mount Farquhar
LocationTulare County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeGreat Western Divide, Sierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Mount Brewer
Climbing
First ascentJuly 17, 1932 by Norman Clyde and party
Easiest routeSouth Ridge or Northwest Ridge (both class 3 scrambles)

Mount Farquhar, or Mount Francis Farquhar, is a peak in Kings Canyon National Park. It is named in for Francis P. Farquhar, a conservationist who played a key role in creating the park.