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  • noun the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high)

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Examples

  • The Mount Whitney is the command ship for the Sixth Fleet of the U.S.

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • The Mount Whitney is the 6 th Fleet Flag Ship and the Command and Control Ship for a NATO Strike Force.

    The Joel Gaines Show 2008

  • In addition to the Mount Whitney, U.S. ships under Odyssey Dawn included the Kearsarge and Ponce and the guided-missile destroyers USS Stout and USS Barry, along with logistics and refueling ships.

    Allied Forces Attack Libya Nathan Hodge 2011

  • "Such a shame it's cloudy today, you can't see Mount Whitney," he says.

    The uneasy namesake Manuel Roig-Franzia 2011

  • By age 11, he had climbed Mount Whitney and hiked the Grand Canyon.

    The Cross-Country Runner Allysia Finley 2011

  • Mount Whitney, California: The highest summit in the contiguous U.S. with an elevation of 14,505 feet.

    Climb Every Mountain (But Train Hard First) Jen Murphy 2011

  • In addition to the Mount Whitney, U.S. ships under Odyssey Dawn included the Kearsarge and Ponce and the guided-missile destroyers USS Stout and USS Barry, along with logistics and refueling ships.

    Allied Forces Attack Libya Nathan Hodge 2011

  • In the last month, three of my close friends accomplished some amazing feats: my J-School classmate completed the Chicago marathon, my coworker climbed Mount Whitney on his day off and The Good Badger just finished a thruhike of the Appalachian Trail.

    Josh Burstein: An Ill-Considered And Heroic Climb Up Mount Olympus Josh Burstein 2011

  • Im 60 and still want to climb Mount Whitney in California, which is the highest elevation in the lower 48 states, i.e., outside Alaska.

    Diana Nyad, 60, Swimming From Cuba To Florida 2010

  • But, you know something, I love, I love both times youve introduced the conversation today, at the very beginning and just now, you said something like, you know, reaching out to the people like Paul and his quest to climb Mount Whitney.

    Diana Nyad, 60, Swimming From Cuba To Florida 2010

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