Middle Cathedral Rock
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This article is about Middle Cathedral Rock. For other uses, see Cathedral Rock (disambiguation).
| Middle Cathedral Rock | |
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| Elevation | 6,520 ft (1,987 m) |
| Location | |
| Location | Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, USA |
| Range | Sierra Nevada |
| Coordinates | 37°42′57″N 119°38′15″W / 37.7157°N 119.6375°Wgoogle maps |
| Geology | |
| Type | granite rock |
| Age of rock | Cretaceous |
The Middle Cathedral Rock is a prominent rock face on the south side of Yosemite Valley, California. El Capitan lies to Middle Cathedral's due north. Middle Cathedral's East Buttress Route is recognized in the historic climbing text Fifty Classic Climbs of North America.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Roper, Steve; Allen Steck (1979). Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. ISBN 0-87156-292-8.
[edit] External links
- "Middle Cathedral Rock". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/151611.
