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Mount Darwin is a flat-topped Sierra Nevada peak on the Fresno-Inyo county line within Kings Canyon National Park and the John Muir Wilderness, in the high alpine landscape of the Evolution Region. Theodore S. Solomons and E. C. Bonner of the United States Geological Survey gave it its modern name in 1895 for Charles Darwin as part of a local pattern honoring leading advocates of evolution, reflected in nearby names such as Mount Mendel, Mount Huxley, Mount Lamarck, Evolution Basin, and Evolution Valley. Its first recorded ascent came on August 12, 1908, and nearby Darwin Glacier and Darwin Canyon carry the name across this part of the range.
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