Mount Andrea Lawrence

{{Short description|Mountain in northern Yosemite National Park}}

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| name = Mount Andrea Lawrence

| photo = Donohue, Andrea Lawrence, Blacktop.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Andrea Lawrence (centered)
Donohue Peak (left), Blacktop Peak (at top)

| elevation_ft = 12240

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| prominence_ft = 800

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| map = USA California#USA

| map_caption = Mount Andrea Lawrence

| map_size = 200

| label_position = bottom

| location = Yosemite National Park, Tuolumne County, California, Mono County, California, U.S.

| range = Sierra Nevada

| coordinates = {{coord|37|47|N|119|13|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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Mount Andrea Lawrence — informally, Gem Peak{{cite web |url=https://www.summitpost.org/mount-andrea-lawrence/672146 | title=Mount Andrea Lawrence California, United States, North America | publisher=summitpost.org | access-date=23 March 2019 | author=mrchad9}} —is a mountain, in the northern part of Yosemite National Park. It is the 17th highest mountain in Yosemite National Park.{{cite web |url=https://www.summitpost.org/yosemite-s-highest-peaks/742800 | title=Yosemite's Highest Peaks | publisher=summitpost.org | access-date=23 March 2019 | author=Mrchad9}} It is southeast of Tuolumne Meadows.

On Mount Andrea Lawrence's particulars

Mount Andrea Lawrence was named for Andrea Mead Lawrence, who was a conservationist, a three-time Olympian and also a former member of the Mono County Board of Supervisors.

On April 29, 2010, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer and U.S. Representative Howard P. "Buck" McKeon announced legislation to rename Peak 12,240 in Mono County in memory of Lawrence.[http://thesheetnews.com/archives/2439 Archives | The Sheet – Part 2439]. Thesheetnews.com. Retrieved on 2015-06-12. On January 20, 2013, a bill was signed, by President Obama, officially naming Mount Andrea Lawrence.{{cite web |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr1818 | title=H.R. 1818 (112th): Mt. Andrea Lawrence Designation Act of 2011 | publisher=govtrack.us | accessdate=23 March 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/science/la-xpm-2012-dec-21-la-sci-sn-mt-andrea-lawrence-20121221-story.html | title=Eastern Sierra peak will be named Mt. Andrea Lawrence | publisher=latimes.com | date=December 21, 2012 | accessdate=23 March 2019 | author=Boxall, Bettina}}{{cite web |url=https://www.summitpost.org/mount-andrea-lawrence/672146#chapter_7 | title=Etymology | publisher=summitpost.org | accessdate=23 March 2019 | author=mrchad9}}{{cite web |url=https://friendsoftheinyo.org/mt-andrea-lawrence-honors-local-leader-conservationist/ | title=Mt. Andrea Lawrence Honors Local Leader & Conservationist | publisher=friendsoftheinyo.org | date=May 3, 2010 | accessdate=23 March 2019 | author=Wickham, Ben}}

Mount Andrea Lawrence is near the John Muir Trail,{{cite book|author=Elizabeth Wenk|title=John Muir Trail Data Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TPorDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA74|date=5 August 2014|publisher=Wilderness Press|isbn=978-0-89997-771-3|pages=74–}} and is also near Donohue Peak, Koip Peak, Blacktop Peak, Kuna Peak, Parker Peak, and Mount Wood.{{cite web |url=https://www.topozone.com/california/mono-ca/summit/mount-andrea-lawrence/ | title=Mount Andrea Lawrence Topo Map in Mono County CA | publisher=topozone.com | accessdate=23 March 2019}}

References

External links and references

[https://caltopo.com/m/5BJB A topographic map, of the area of Mount Andrea Lawrence]

Category:Mountains of Yosemite National Park

Category:Mountains of Mono County, California

Category:Mountains of Tuolumne County, California