Description
Located in sec 30,T9S,R31E, Mount Diablo Meridian. In the Sierra Nevada, between Mount Thompson and Mount Wallace, 30 km (19 mi) west of Big Pine. (US-T121)
History
Named in 1912 by R B Marshall in memory of John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), an early surveyor, map make,r and former director of the United States Geological Survey, (1881-1894). (US-T121)