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Basket Dome

Coordinates: 37°45′49″N 119°33′03″W / 37.7635359°N 119.550719°W / 37.7635359; -119.550719
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Basket Dome
Basket Dome to the right of North Dome
Highest point
Elevation7,612 ft (2,320 m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence212 ft (65 m)[1]
Coordinates37°45′49″N 119°33′03″W / 37.7635359°N 119.550719°W / 37.7635359; -119.550719[2]
Geography
Basket Dome is located in California
Basket Dome
Basket Dome
Basket Dome is located in the United States
Basket Dome
Basket Dome
LocationMariposa County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Yosemite Falls

Basket Dome is a granite dome in Yosemite National Park, United States.

Basket Dome was named from a Native American legend involving a woman carrying a basket, who was turned by anger into stone, forming the dome.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Basket Dome". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  2. ^ "Basket Dome". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  3. ^ Browning, Peter (2005). Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. Great West Books. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-944220-19-1.


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