Description
5.5 miles long. Highest elevation is Dardanelles Cone, extends in a east-west direction, 6.4 km (4 mi) northwest of Dardanelle; [west end] 382310N1195520W, [east end] 382430N1194920W. (US-T121)
History
Part of an old lava flow with several tops; thought to have been named by men of the J D Whitney survey in the 1860's because of a resembalance between the basaltic rock formations on the mountain and mountain castles which guarded the Dardanelles in Turkey. (US-T121)