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  2. Geology of the Yosemite area - Wikipedia

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    Generalized geologic map of the Yosemite area. (Based on a USGS image) The exposed geology of the Yosemite area includes primarily granitic rocks with some older metamorphic rock. The first rocks were laid down in Precambrian times, when the area around Yosemite National Park was on the edge of a very young North American continent.

  3. List of Yosemite destinations - Wikipedia

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    1.1 Near the valley. 1.2 Near Glacier Point. 1.3 Near Wawona. 1.4 Other hiking. ... A list of Yosemite destinations includes hiking trails and things to see: Hiking ...

  4. Geography of the Yosemite area - Wikipedia

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    Annual park visitation exceeds 3.5 million, with most visitor use concentrated in the seven-square-mile (18 km 2) area of Yosemite Valley. [1] The geography of the Yosemite area can be visualized with the clickable map, below: Painting of Yosemite by Heinrich C. Berann. Aerial view of the entire park from the west, looking east.

  5. File:Map of Yosemite National Park.svg - Wikipedia

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    Original notes that the data was "generalized from geological map of Yosemite National Park and vicinity (Huber and others, in press)" and that "an intrusive suite is a grouping of genetically related plutonic rocks". Date: 23 May 2012, 20:52 (UTC) Source: This file was derived from: General geologic map of Yosemite area.png: Author

  6. Johnson Granite Porphyry - Wikipedia

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    Johnson Granite Porphyry is found in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park. Johnson Granite Porphyry was named for Johnson Peak, the highest mountain in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park. [1] Its area is estimated at 1,100 square kilometres (420 sq mi), the exposed area covering roughly 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi). [2]

  7. Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/Map of Yosemite ...

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    Original – Geological map of Yosemite National Park. Reason They say a picture paints a thousand words. You could write a book about this one (in fact, I suspect there are already). Highly detailed; impeccable USGS source; SVG format; strong EV in both articles. Articles in which this image appears Geology of the Yosemite area, Yosemite ...

  8. Yosemite Valley - Wikipedia

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    1931 pictorial map by Jo Mora. Yosemite Valley is listed as a National Historic District and as a California Historical Landmark. [1] [2] After the creation of the Park Service, many separate hotel owners held separate concession contracts. The Yosemite Park Company had built the Yosemite Lodge and Yosemite Village had its own group of merchants.

  9. El Capitan Granite - Wikipedia

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    It is found west of Half Dome Granodiorite, both north and south, to a western limit near Cookie Cliffs. All of Turtleback Dome, El Capitan, The Three Brothers, and Cathedral Rocks are made of El Capitan Granite [3] as is Elephant Rock. [4] El Capitan Granite makes up most of the granite found in the west half of the Yosemite Valley area. [5]

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