Kolana Rock

Kolana Rock
Kolana Rock as viewed from the North-West side of Hetch Hetchy Valley
Highest point
Elevation5,774 ft (1,760 m) NAVD 88[1]
Coordinates37°57′09″N 119°45′35″W / 37.9524208°N 119.7596204°W / 37.9524208; -119.7596204[1]
Geography
Kolana Rock is located in California
Kolana Rock
Kolana Rock
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyTuolumne County
Protected areaYosemite National Park
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Geology
Mountain typeGranite dome

Kolana Rock is a prominent granite dome located along the southern edge of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park. John Muir stated that Kolana was the Indian name for the rock.[2] It towers 2,000 feet (610 m) above the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, and is across from Hetch Hetchy Dome.

The dome was closed to rock climbing for many years during the breeding season of the Peregrine Falcon. The closure was lifted in 2013.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b "Kolana Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
  2. ^ Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley: Wilderness Press. p. 121. ISBN 0899971199.
  3. ^ "Peregrine Closures Update". SuperTopo.com. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  4. ^ "Climbing Closures". Yosemite National Park. Retrieved 2012-12-25.