Mount Kaweah

Mount Kaweah
Mount Kaweah from Red Spur, circa 1932
Elevation	13,807 ft (4,208 m) [1][2]
Prominence	2,027 ft (618 m) [2]
Parent peak	Mount Stanford[3]
Listing	SPS Emblem peak[4]
Location
Location	Tulare County, California, USA
Range	Great Western Divide, Sierra Nevada
Coordinates	36°31′34″N 118°28′42″W / 36.5260491°N 118.4784256°W / 36.5260491; -118.4784256Coordinates: 36°31′34″N 118°28′42″W / 36.5260491°N 118.4784256°W / 36.5260491; -118.4784256[5]
Topo map	USGS Triple Divide Peak
Climbing
First ascent	September 1881 by Frederick H. Wales, William B. Wallace and James W. A. Wright[6]
Easiest route	Hike, class 1[4]

Mount Kaweah 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 form Triple Divide Peak. It has a summit elevation of 13,807 feet (4,208 m), the highest along the Kaweah ridge.

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.^[2] The Kaweah River was named for the Kawai (or Gā'wia) tribe, members of the Yokut people. The Yokut were once known as Mariposa.^[7]

See also

• Highest mountain peaks of California
• Thirteener

References

1. ^ The NGVD 29 elevation of 13,802 feet was converted using VERTCON to the NAVD 88 elevation of 13,807 feet.
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Mount Kaweah, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2807. Retrieved 2008-12-29. 
3. ^ "Kaweah, Mount". LoJ.com. http://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/Climbers.php?Id=17677. Retrieved 2011-06-01. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Sierra Peaks Section List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/spslist.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-28. 
5. ^ "Mount Kaweah". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:254846. Retrieved 2008-12-29. 
6. ^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/place_names_of_the_high_sierra/k.html. 
7. ^ Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkley: Wilderness Press. p. 115. ISBN 9780899971193. 

External links

• "Mount Kaweah". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/154759. Retrieved 2011-05-31.