Basket Dome
Basket Dome is a granite dome in Yosemite National Park, United States.
| Basket Dome | |
|---|---|
 Basket Dome to the right of North Dome | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,612 ft (2,320 m) NGVD 29[1] |
| Prominence | 212 ft (65 m)[1] |
| Coordinates | 37°45′49″N 119°33′03″W[2] |
| Geography | |
  Basket Dome  Basket Dome | |
| Location | Mariposa County, California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
| Topo map | USGS Yosemite Falls |
Basket Dome was named from a Native American legend involving a woman carrying a basket, who was turned by anger into stone, forming the dome.[3]
References
- "Basket Dome". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
- "Basket Dome". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
- Browning, Peter (2005). Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. Great West Books. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-944220-19-1.
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