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Mount Spencer
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Mount Spencer (center left) from Evolution Lake
Highest point
Elevation 12,431 ft (3,789 m)  NGVD 29
Prominence 221 ft (67 m)
Geography
Mount Spencer is located in California
Mount Spencer
Mount Spencer
Location in California
Mount Spencer is located in the United States
Mount Spencer
Mount Spencer
Location in the United States
Location Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno County, California, U.S.
Parent range Sierra Nevada, Evolution Region
Climbing
First ascent August 20, 1921 by Robert M. Prince, George J. young, H.W. Hill, and Peter Frandsen
Easiest route Scramble from the southeast saddle, class 2

Mount Spencer is a 12,431 feet (3,789 m) peak in the Sierra Nevada, in Kings Canyon National Park and Fresno County, California.

It is named for Herbert Spencer, an English philosopher and prominent scientist in the field of evolution who coined the term "survival of the fittest." Other nearby mountains in the Evolution Group include Mount Darwin, Mount Mendel, Mount Fiske, Mount Haeckel, Mount Huxley, Mount Wallace, and Mount Lamarck. The area around the peaks, known as the Evolution Region, includes Evolution Basin and Evolution Valley.

Although it is not a very well known peak, it offers a picturesque view from Evolution Lake and the John Muir Trail.

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