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Kaweah_Peaks_Ridge Latitude and Longitude:

36°33′N 118°30.5′W / 36.550°N 118.5083°W / 36.550; -118.5083
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Kaweah Peaks Ridge
Kaweah Peaks Ridge from the northeast.
Second Kaweah on left, Red Kaweah on right.
Highest point
Peak Mount Kaweah
Elevation13,807 ft (4,208 m)  NAVD 88 [1]
Coordinates 36°33′N 118°30.5′W / 36.550°N 118.5083°W / 36.550; -118.5083
Geography
Kaweah Peaks Ridge is located in California
Kaweah Peaks Ridge
Kaweah Peaks Ridge
California, United States
Parent range Great Western Divide, Sierra Nevada
Geology
Type of rock Metamorphic [2]

Kaweah Peaks Ridge is a spur of the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of California's Sierra Nevada. [3] The ridge is located in Sequoia National Park and is composed of mostly rugged and loose metamorphic rock. [4]

Named mountains

There are several officially named peaks along the ridge:

Location

The peaks, 20 miles (32 km) by trail from any road, are south of the Kings-Kaweah Divide, east of the Great Western Divide and, despite their name, are in the Kern watershed, not the Kaweah watershed. There are many high alpine lakes surrounding the peaks in Nine Lake Basin to the west and Kaweah Basin to the east. Visitors are rare due to the isolated location, but the Kaweah Peaks offer tranquil camping, fishing and high alpine mountaineering. For the most part, the rock is loose and metamorphic. [2]

References

  1. ^ "Mount Kaweah". Peakbagger.com.
  2. ^ a b Allan A. Schoenherr (3 July 2017). A Natural History of California: Second Edition. University of California Press. p. 65. ISBN  978-0-520-96455-6.
  3. ^ Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. Sierra Club Books. p.  269. ISBN  0-87156-147-6.
  4. ^ Hill, Mary (2006). Geology of the Sierra Nevada. University of California Press. ISBN  0-520-23695-5.

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