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Mountain · United States

The Nipple

Elevation
2,847 m
#4,734
in the world
#1,400
in United States

The Nipple is a mountain in United States, rising to 2,847 m, the 1,400th highest we list in United States.

Nearest town
33 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

The Nipple

The Nipple lies in United States, in California.

Key facts

Elevation
2,847 m (9,341 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Region
California
Coordinates
38.640, -119.933

How it ranks

Among peaks in United States
#1,400of 3,727
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#4,734of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Deadwood Peak2,987 m5.3 km
Elephants Back2,920 m6.1 km
Round Top3,158 m6.5 km
Red Lake Peak3,060 m9.5 km
Raymond Peak3,055 m9.6 km
Reynolds Peak2,955 m11 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to The Nipple.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
South Lake TahoeUnited States21,70633 km
Carson CityUnited States58,63960 km
TruckeeUnited States16,29980 km
Cameron ParkUnited States18,22892 km
RenoUnited States264,165100 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.