Mount Kaweah
{{Short description|Highest mountain on the Kaweah Ridge}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Kaweah
| photo = Mt Kaweah.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount Kaweah from Red Spur, circa 1932
| elevation_ft = 13807
| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite peakbagger |pid=2807 |name=Mount Kaweah, California |access-date=2008-12-29}}
| prominence_ft = 2027
| listing = {{unbulleted list
| North America highest peaks 76th
| US highest major peaks 58th
| California highest major peaks 9th
| Sierra Peaks Section Emblem peak{{cite sps |access-date=2008-09-28}}
| Western States Climbers Star peak{{cite wsc |access-date=2016-03-26}} }}
| location = Tulare County, California, U.S.
| range = Great Western Divide, Sierra Nevada
| map = USA California
| map_size = 200
| map_caption = none
| coordinates = {{coord|36.5260491|N|118.4784256|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates =
| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=254846 |name=Mount Kaweah |access-date=2008-12-29}}
| topo = USGS Triple Divide Peak
| first_ascent = September 1881 by Frederick H. Wales, William B. Wallace and James W. A. Wright{{cite Farquhar |id=K |name=access-date = 2009-08-10}}
| easiest_route = Hike, {{YDS|1}}
}}
Mount Kaweah ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|'|w|iː|.|ə}}) is a mountain in California's Sequoia National Park and forms part of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge, a spur of the Great Western Divide which extends south from Triple Divide Peak. It has a summit elevation of {{cvt|13807|ft|m|0}}, the highest along the Kaweah Peaks Ridge.
Name
The peak was named for the Kaweah River which has its headwaters to the west of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge. The Kaweahs, however, drain into the Kern River. The Kaweah River was named for the Kawai (or Gā'wia) tribe, members of the Yokuts people. The Yokuts were once known as Mariposa.{{cite book |last=Browning |first=Peter |title=Place Names of the Sierra Nevada |publisher=Wilderness Press |year=1986 |location=Berkeley |page=[https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsier00brow/page/115 115] |isbn=978-0-89997-119-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsier00brow/page/115 }}
Foxtail Pine
A rare pine, the Foxtail Pine, lives on the southern slopes of Mount Kaweah.{{cite web |url=http://allthingsplants.com/plants/photo/288282/ |title=Photo of the habitat view of Foxtail Pine |publisher=All Things Plants |access-date=2016-03-26}}
File:Mount Kaweah in Sequoia National Park, from the High Sierra Trail.jpg
Highest mountain in the southwest Sierra
See also
References
External links
- {{cite summitpost |id=154759 |name=Mount Kaweah}}
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Category:Mountains of Tulare County, California