Ansel Adams Cathedral Peak

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 pea…
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.
  • Elevation: 10,916 ft (3,327 m)
  • Location: Yosemite National Park, California, U.S.
  • Prominence: 919 ft (280 m)
  • Listing: SPS Mountaineers peak
  • Parent range: Cathedral Range, Sierra Nevada
  • Topo map: USGS Tenaya Lake
  • Rock age: Cretaceous

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