Tenaya Peak

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]

Tenaya Peak
Tenaya Peak above Tenaya Lake
Highest point
Elevation10,306 ft (3,141 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence181 ft (55 m)[1]
Coordinates37°49′43″N 119°26′36″W[2]
Geography
Tenaya Peak
Tenaya Peak
LocationYosemite National Park
Tuolumne County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Tenaya Lake
Climbing
Easiest routeScramble (class 2)[3]

References

  1. "Tenaya Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
  2. "Tenaya Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  3. Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 422. ISBN 9780898869712.
  4. Gudde, Erwin G. (1949). California Place Names. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. p. 358.
  5. Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley: Wilderness Press. pp. 213–214. ISBN 0899971199.


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