Mount Kaweah

Coordinates: 36°31′34″N 118°28′42″W / 36.5260491°N 118.4784256°W / 36.5260491; -118.4784256
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Mount Kaweah
Emblem peak[2]
  • Western States Climbers Star peak[3]
    • Coordinates36°31′34″N 118°28′42″W / 36.5260491°N 118.4784256°W / 36.5260491; -118.4784256[4]
    Geography
    Location
    class 1[6]

    Mount Kaweah (/kəˈwiː.ə/) is a mountain in California's Sequoia National Park and forms part of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge, a spur of the Great Western Divide which extends south from Triple Divide Peak. It has a summit elevation of 13,807 ft (4,208 m), the highest along the Kaweah Peaks Ridge. It is the closest mountain with foothills to Los Angeles.

    Name

    The peak was named for the

    Yokuts people. The Yokuts were once known as Mariposa.[7]

    Foxtail Pine

    A rare

    Foxtail Pine, lives on the southern slopes of Mount Kaweah.[8]

    Foxtail Pine below Mount Kaweah (2011)

    Highest mountain in the southwest Sierra

    Mount Kaweah is the highest mountain in the southwest

    Sierra.[6][9]

    See also

    References

    South aspect from Chagoopa Plateau
    1. ^ a b c "Mount Kaweah, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
    2. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
    3. ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
    4. ^ "Mount Kaweah". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
    5. ^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club.
    6. ^
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    7. ISBN 978-0-89997-119-3
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    8. ^ "Photo of the habitat view of Foxtail Pine". All Things Plants. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
    9. ^ Langenbacher. "Mount Kaweah". summitpost.org. Retrieved 1 July 2017.

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