Mount Clarence King

{{Short description|Mountain in the American state of California}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Clarence King

| photo = Mount Clarence King, California.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Clarence King centered
(from Glen Pass, Mt. Cotter to left)

| elevation = 12,867+ ft (3922+ m)

| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite peakbagger |pid=2759 |name=Mount Clarence King, California |accessdate=2012-04-01}}

| prominence_ft = 1149

| prominence_ref =

| parent_peak = Mount Gould{{cite loj |id=32439 |name=Mount Clarence King |accessdate=2012-03-31}}

| location = Fresno County, California, U.S.

| range = Sierra Nevada

| listing = {{unbulleted list

| Sierra Peaks Section Emblem peak{{cite sps |accessdate=2014-03-08}}

| Western States Climbers Star peak{{cite wsc |accessdate=2016-03-24}} }}

| map = USA California#USA

| map_size = 220

| map_caption = none

| coordinates = {{coord|36.8332691|N|118.4464872|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates =

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=258396 |name=Mount Clarence King |accessdate=2008-12-29}}

| topo = USGS Mount Clarence King

| type =

| age =

| first_ascent = 1896 by Bolton C. Brown{{cite book |last=Browning |first=Peter |title=Place Names of the Sierra Nevada |publisher=Wilderness Press |year=1986 |location=Berkeley |page=[https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsier00brow/page/40 40] |isbn=978-0-89997-119-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsier00brow/page/40 }}

| easiest_route = Technical, {{YDS|5.4}}{{cite Roper |page=256}}

}}

Mount Clarence King, located in the Kings Canyon National Park, is named for Clarence King, who worked on the Whitney Survey, the first geological survey of California. King later became the first chief of the United States Geological Survey.

The Peak is located along King Spur, a sub-range of the California's Sierra Nevada. It is north of Mount Cotter, northeast of Gardiner Basin, and west of Sixty Lakes Basin and the John Muir Trail.{{cite web |publisher=Acme mapper |title=Mount Clarence King |url=http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=36.833269,-118.446487&z=14&t=T&marker0=36.833269,-118.446487,Mount%20Clarence%20King |accessdate=2016-03-24}} The first ascent was recorded by painter and lithographer Bolton Brown.{{cite book|author=Cheryl Angelina Koehler|title=Touring the Sierra Nevada|url=https://archive.org/details/touringsierranev0000koeh|url-access=registration|accessdate=19 December 2011|date=March 2007|publisher=University of Nevada Press|isbn=978-0-87417-700-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/touringsierranev0000koeh/page/198 198]}}