Salmon Mountain (California)

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Salmon Mountain

| photo = Salmon mtn ca.jpg

| photo_caption = View into the Salmon River as wildfires burn

| elevation_ft = 6962

| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite ngs |id=MX1206 |name=Salmon Mtn |accessdate=2009-08-17}}

| prominence_ft = 2006

| prominence_ref = {{cite peakbagger |pid=1132 |name=Salmon Mountain, California |accessdate=2009-08-17}}

| listing = California county high points 32nd

| location = Humboldt / Siskiyou / Trinity counties, California, U.S.

| map = California#USA

| map_caption = Location in California

| map_size = 240

| label_position = below

| range = Klamath Mountains

| coordinates = {{coord|41.183210211|N|123.410722222|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| topo = USGS Salmon Mountain

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Salmon Mountain is located in the Klamath Mountains of California and is the highest point in Humboldt County. The area is protected in the Trinity Alps Wilderness on the Six Rivers National Forest.{{cite web |url = http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/m261ag.htm |title = Subsection M261Ag - Upper Salmon Mountains |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091112165709/http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/m261ag.htm |archivedate = 2009-11-12 |publisher = U.S. Forest Service |accessdate = 2009-02-13 }}

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