| Cathedral Peak | |
|---|---|
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:File-Yosemite_58_bg_090504.jpg) Cathedral Peak | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 10,916 ft (3,327 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 919 ft (280 m)[1] |
| Listing | SPS Mountaineers peak[2] |
| Coordinates | 37°50′52″N 119°24′20″W / 37.8478289°N 119.4056214°W[3] |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Yosemite National Park, California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Cathedral Range, Sierra Nevada |
| Topo map | USGS Tenaya Lake |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Cretaceous |
| Mountain type | Granite arête |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1869 by John Muir[4] |
| Easiest route | Rock climb class 4[2] |
Cathedral Peak is part of the Cathedral Range, a mountain range in the south-central portion of Yosemite National Park in eastern Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties. The range is an offshoot of the Sierra Nevada. The peak which lends its name to the range derives its name from its cathedral-shaped peak, which was formed by glacial activity: the peak remained uneroded above the glaciers in the Pleistocene.
- ^ a b "Cathedral Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
- ^ a b "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
- ^ "Cathedral Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
- ^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-15.