Whale Mountain (San Diego County, California)

Whale Mountain

Location in California

Highest point
Elevation 3,043 ft (928 m)  NGVD 29[1]
Coordinates 33°04′30″N 116°45′39″W / 33.0750443°N 116.7608563°W / 33.0750443; -116.7608563Coordinates: 33°04′30″N 116°45′39″W / 33.0750443°N 116.7608563°W / 33.0750443; -116.7608563 [2]
Geography
Location San Diego County, California, U.S.
Parent range Cuyamaca Mountains
Topo map USGS Ramona

Whale Mountain is a 3,043-foot (928 m), summit in the northwestern Cuyamaca Mountains, in San Diego County, California. It is located between Ramona, and Santa Ysabel, near Ballena Valley.[2]

Ballena takes its name from the mountain, ballena being Spanish for whale. The Spanish name was the equivalent of the Ipai word ipank that also means whale and that was their name for the mountain.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Whale Mountain". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  2. 1 2 "Whale Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
  3. ↑ Carrico, Richard L. (2011). Ramona. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 978-0738581620.
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