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Sierra Nevada

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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SIERRA NEVADA (Span. for "snowy range"), a mountain range, about 430 m. long, in the eastern part of California, containing Mt Whitney (14,502 ft.), the highest point in the United States, excluding Alaska. (See CALIFORNIA.)

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Sierra Nevada'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​s/sierra-nevada.html. 1910.
 
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