Mount Winchell

USA / California / Big Pine /
 mountain, mountaintop

Elevation 13,781 feet.

Alexander Winchell (1824-1890 was professor of Physics (and later of Geology) at the University of Michigan, 1853-1872, and at Syracuse University, 1872-1877. As Chancellor and professor of Geology, he returned to Michigan University, 1879. Winchell was State Geologist of Michigan, 1859-1862 and again 1869-1871.

Photo of Winchell, thrown in sharp relief by the setting sun, was made in the Dusy Lakes basin, about one mile west of the mountain.

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Coordinates:   37°6'14"N   118°31'34"W
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