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Black Giant

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4 068 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

344 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 2 149 m

13er

Thirteeners are mountains higher than 13 ⁠000 ⁠ft / 3 ⁠962 ⁠m having at least 300 ⁠ft / 91 ⁠m of topographic prominence.

About

Black Giant is a 13,330-foot-elevation (4,060-meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County of central California, United States. Black Giant ranks as the 86th highest summit in California. It is the northernmost and highest summit on its namesake ridge, the Black Divide in northern Kings Canyon National Park. The peak is situated 3.9 miles (6.3 km) east of Mount Goddard, and 2.6 miles (4.2 km) south-southeast of Mount Fiske, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as it rises 4,000 feet (1,200 meters) above Le Conte Canyon in approximately two miles. Muir Pass is 1.4 miles (2.3 km) to the northwest, and the approach to this remote peak is made via the John Muir Trail.

By elevation Black Giant is

# 96 out of 7926 in California
# 40 out of 183 in Kings Canyon National Park
# 33 out of 372 in Fresno County
# 89 out of 2492 in the Sierra Nevada

By prominence Black Giant is

# 17 out of 183 in Kings Canyon National Park
# 35 out of 372 in Fresno County