Hamilton, Mount

Hamilton, Mount,

peak 4,372 ft (1,333 m) high, W Calif., in the Coast Ranges, E of San Jose. It is the site of Lick ObservatoryLick Observatory,
astronomical observatory located on Mt. Hamilton, Calif., near San Jose; the first mountaintop observatory in the world, it was founded through gifts made by James Lick in 1874–75 and came under the direction of the Univ.
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 (built 1876–88), directed by the Univ. of California Observatories.