Black Kaweah is a mountain of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge of the California's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park. The peak has a local magnetic disturbance that has caused compasses in the vicinity to vary by up to eight degrees.[5] Fulgurites can be found on the peak.[6]
| Black Kaweah | |
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.jpg) Black Kaweah is the leftmost peak | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 13,686+ ft (4,172+ m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 520 ft (158 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Red Kaweah[1] |
| Listing | SPS Mountaineers peak[2] |
| Coordinates | 36°32′43″N 118°30′57″W / 36.5453837°N 118.5158296°W[3] |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Sequoia National Park, Tulare County, California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Sierra Nevada, Great Western Divide |
| Topo map | USGS Triple Divide Peak |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | August 11, 1920 via West Ridge by Duncan McDuffie, Onis Brown, James Hutchinson[4][5] |
| Easiest route | Exposed scramble, class 3[5] |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Black Kaweah, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
- ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
- ^ "Black Kaweah". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
- ^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
- ^ a b c Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. pp. 111–114. ISBN 978-0898869712.
- ^ Libby, C.A. (November 1986). "Fulgurite in the Sierra Nevada" (PDF). California Geology. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
External links
edit- "Black Kaweah". SummitPost.org.
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