Telescope Peak

View of the Telescope Peak in the Panamint Range

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Telescope Peak is with 3366 meters above sea level, the highest point in Death Valley National Park in the U.S. state of California. The mountain is also the highest of the Panamint Range, located in Inyo County. From the summit of Mount Whitney in the west and the Charleston Peak are visible to the east. Both are over one hundred miles away. Therefore, he has the name Telescope Peak ( from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος ( teleskópos ) " well- looking ").

Geography

Telescope Peak is known for the considerable difference in height for the surrounding area. Its summit rises 3478 meters above about 24 km eastern lowest point of the valley of death and about 3050 feet above the 13- kilometers west distant Panamint Valley. Similar achieve only much better known high mountains in the United States. Comparable in size is about 4000 meters and the difference between the peak of Mount Everest and its northern foot in the highlands of Tibet.

Due to its location in an area surrounded by deep valleys, mountains Telescope Peak also has a large saddle height of up to 1880 meters and thus is ranked 22 among the mountains in the United States outside of Alaska and Hawaii.

On Telescope Peak can be next to pinyon pine and Pinus flexilis ( limber pine ) will find a variety of tree species. At higher altitudes, Bristlecone pines grow.