King later became the first chief of the United States Geological Survey.

[6] The Peak is located along King Spur, a sub-range of the California's Sierra Nevada.

It is north of Mount Cotter, northeast of Gardiner Basin, and west of Sixty Lakes Basin and the John Muir Trail.

[8] The first ascent was recorded by painter and lithographer Bolton Brown.

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