El Capitan
El Capitan is a vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end. The granite monolith is about 3,000 feet from base to summit along its tallest face and is a world-famous location for big wall climbing, including the disciplines of aid climbing, free climbing, and more recently for free solo climbing.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Fernando Guachiak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 7,569 feet
- Description: vertical rock formation in Yosemite Valley, California, United States
- Also known as: “Crane Mountain”, “El Cap”, “El Capitán”, “Giants Tower”, “Monarch of the Vale”, “To-To-Kon Oo-Lah”, “To-to-konoo-lah”, “To-tock-ah-noo-lah”, “Tote-ack-ah-noo-la”, “Tote-Ack-Ah-Noo-La”, and “Tutocanula or “Tool-tock Awn-oo-lah””
Places of Interest
Highlights include Horsetail Fall and Ribbon Fall.
Horsetail Fall
Waterfall
Photo: Ambitious Wench, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Horsetail Fall, located in Yosemite National Park in California, is a seasonal waterfall that flows in the winter and early spring. The fall occurs on the east side of El Capitan.
Ribbon Fall
Waterfall
Photo: Jaymckinsey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ribbon Fall, located in Yosemite National Park in California, flows off a cliff on the west side of El Capitan and is the longest single-drop waterfall in North America.
Bridalveil Fall
Waterfall
Bridalveil Fall is one of the most prominent waterfalls in the Yosemite Valley in California. The waterfall is 188 metres in height and flows year round.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yosemite Village and Curry Village.
Yosemite Village
Village
Photo: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yosemite Valley is a census-designated place in Mariposa County, California, United States. It consists of the developed area of Yosemite Village and the other areas of the Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park.
Curry Village
Village
Photo: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Camp Curry, now known as Curry Village, was established in 1899 at the base of Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. Developed as an alternative to the first-class Sentinel Hotel, it offered a more affordable, rustic lodging experience.
Happy Isles
Locality
Photo: Glenn Scofield Williams, CC BY 2.0.
Happy Isles is a group of small isles in the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. They are located at the easternmost end of the Yosemite Valley floor.
El Capitan
- Categories: rock formation, climbing area, and landform
- Location: Mariposa County, Sierra Nevada, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.73422° or 37° 44′ 3″ northLongitude
-119.63761° or 119° 38′ 15″ westElevation
7,569 feet (2,307 metres)Open location code
8592P9M6+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 6256710614OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“El Capitan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إل كابيتان”
- Basque: “El Capitan”
- Belarusian: “Эль Капітан”
- Belarusian: “Эль-Капітан”
- Bulgarian: “Ел Капитан”
- Catalan: “El Capitan”
- Catalan: “El Capitán”
- Cebuano: “El Capitan”
- Chinese: “伊尔酋长岩”
- Chinese: “伊爾酋長巖”
- Chinese: “酋長岩”
- Chinese: “酋長巖”
- Chinese: “酋長巨石”
- Chinese: “酋长岩”
- Czech: “El Capitan”
- Danish: “El Capitan”
- Dutch: “El Capitan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ال كابيتان”
- Esperanto: “El Capitan”
- Finnish: “El Capitan”
- French: “El Capitan”
- Galician: “El Capitan”
- Galician: “O Capitán”
- German: “El Capitan”
- German: “El Capitán”
- Greek: “Ελ Καπιτάν”
- Haitian: “El Capitan”
- Haitian: “El Capitán”
- Hebrew: “אל קפיטן”
- Irish: “El Capitan”
- Italian: “El Capitan”
- Japanese: “エル・キャピタン”
- Korean: “엘카피탠”
- Ladin: “El Capitan”
- Luxembourgish: “El Capitan”
- Luxembourgish: “El Capitán”
- Macedonian: “Ел Капитан”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “El Capitan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “El Capitan”
- Norwegian: “El Capitan”
- Persian: “ال کاپیتان”
- Polish: “El Capitan”
- Portuguese: “El Capitan”
- Russian: “Эль-Капитан”
- Serbian: “Ел Капитан (Јосемити)”
- Serbian: “Ел Капитан”
- Slovak: “El Capitan”
- Spanish: “El Capitan”
- Spanish: “El Capitán”
- Swedish: “El Capitan”
- Turkish: “El Capitan”
- Turkish: “El Kapitan”
- Ukrainian: “Скеля Ель Капітан”
- Venetian: “El Capitan”
- Vietnamese: “El Capitan”
- Welsh: “El Capitan”
- Western Panjabi: “ال کیپیٹان”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gunsight and Rocky Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include K-P Pinnacle and Little John, left.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “El Capitan”. Photo: Fernando Guachiak, CC BY-SA 4.0.