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[1] [2] The peaks of Yosemite are among some of the highest mountains in California. The below table gives information from peakbagger and summitpost . Some mountains are listed by one but not the other, and some elevations vary, as prominence varies; the clean prominence method is used in this table.
Mount Lyell is the highest point in Yosemite National Park, at 13,114 feet (3,997 m).It is located at the southeast end of the Cathedral Range, 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2 kilometers) northwest of Rodgers Peak.
Johnson Peak is the highest mountain, in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park. [2] Johnson Peak is made of eroded granite. At 85 Ma, the Johnson Granite Porphyry is the youngest granite rock in the Yosemite National Park, though the entire peak formed beneath the Earth's crust. It broached the surface much later, via subduction. [3]
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The range includes Cathedral Peak, Unicorn Peak, Eichorn Pinnacle, Echo Peaks, Echo Ridge, Matthes Crest, Rafferty Peak, Vogelsang Peak, Fletcher Peak and Cockscomb. [3] The highest point in the range is Mount Florence, one of the most prominent peaks in the Yosemite high country. The highest peak in Tuolumne Meadows is Johnson Peak.
Mount Hoffmann is a prominent peak in northeastern Mariposa County in the center of Yosemite National Park, California, United States.It rises above May Lake and is a day hike of 6.2 miles (10.0 km) (one-way) from Tioga Pass Road. [6]
Tenaya Peak is a mountain in the Yosemite high country, rising above Tenaya Lake. Tenaya Peak is named after Chief Tenaya, who met the Mariposa Battalion near the shores of the Tenaya lake. In 1851, the Mariposa Battalion under Captain John Boling expelled Chief Tenaya and his people from what was to become Yosemite National Park. [4] [5]
Fletcher Peak is an 11,410-foot-elevation (3,478 meter) mountain summit located in Yosemite National Park, in Mariposa County, California, United States.It is situated south of Tuolumne Meadows in the Cathedral Range which is a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.