What is the highest mountain peak in the contiguous (lower 48) United States, located in California's Sierra Nevada?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Mount Whitney (4,421 m)
- Step 1: Mount Whitney rises to 4,421 meters (14,505 feet) on the boundary between California's Inyo and Tulare counties.
- Step 2: Remarkably, it stands just 135 kilometers (84 miles) west-northwest of Badwater Basin in Death Valley, the lowest elevation in North America (-86 m).
Answer
Mount Whitney (4,421 m)
Why not the others: 'Mount Rainier' is the highest peak in Washington State and the Cascade Range; 'Mount Shasta' is a prominent stratovolcano in northern California; 'Pikes Peak' is in the Colorado Rockies.
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