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Mariposa County

Half Dome

Half Dome is a quartz monzonite batholith at the eastern end of in , California. It is a well-known rock formation in the park, named for its distinct shape.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 8,839 feet
  • Description: granite dome in Yosemite National Park, California
  • Also known as: “Frances Peak”, “North Dome”, “Rock of Ages”, “South Dome”, “Tesaiyak”, “The Sentinel”, “Tisayac”, “Tissaack”, “To-co-yah”, and “To-ko-ye”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mirror Lake and Mount Broderick.

Lake
Photo: Alexander-93, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small, seasonal located on Tenaya Creek in . Situated in directly between and Half Dome, it is the last remnant of a large glacial lake that once filled most of Yosemite Valley at the end of the last Ice Age, and is close to disappearing due to sediment accumulation.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a summit in , . With an elevation of 6,696 feet, is the 1573rd highest summit in the state of California.

Peak
Photo: Mudflattop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a granite dome in , California, United States which lies at the extreme northwestern margin of Little Yosemite Valley.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Happy Isles and Curry Village.

Locality
Photo: Glenn Scofield Williams, CC BY 2.0.
is a group of small isles in the in , , USA. They are located at the easternmost end of the floor.

Village
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Camp Curry, now known as , was established in 1899 at the base of in . Developed as an alternative to the first-class Sentinel Hotel, it offered a more affordable, rustic lodging experience.

Village
Photo: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yosemite Valley is a census-designated place in , United States. It consists of the developed area of and the other areas of the in .

Half Dome

Latitude
37.746° or 37° 44′ 46″ north
Longitude
-119.53325° or 119° 31′ 60″ west
Elevation
8,839 feet (2,694 metres)
Open location code
8592PFW8+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4338669222
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­climbing
Geo­Names ID
5354941
Wiki­data ID
Q925252
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Half Dome” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Half Dome”
  • Arabic: “نصف القبة”
  • Basque: “Half Dome”
  • Bulgarian: “Халф Доум”
  • Catalan: “Half Dome”
  • Cebuano: “Half Dome (bukid sa Estados Unidos, California)”
  • Cebuano: “Half Dome”
  • Chinese: “半圆丘”
  • Chinese: “半圓丘”
  • Chinese: “半圓頂”
  • Chinese: “哈弗穹顶峰”
  • Czech: “Half Dome”
  • Dutch: “Half Dome”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل نصف القبه”
  • Finnish: “Half Dome”
  • French: “Half Dome”
  • German: “Half Dome”
  • Hebrew: “חצי כיפה”
  • Indonesian: “Half Dome”
  • Italian: “Half Dome”
  • Japanese: “ハーフドーム”
  • Korean: “하프 돔”
  • Ladin: “Half Dome”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Half Dome”
  • Norwegian: “Half Dome”
  • Persian: “هف دوم”
  • Polish: “Half Dome”
  • Portuguese: “Half Dome”
  • Romanian: “Half Dome”
  • Russian: “Хаф-Доум”
  • Serbian: “Халф Доум”
  • Slovak: “Half Dome”
  • Spanish: “Half Dome”
  • Swahili: “Half Dome”
  • Swedish: “Half Dome”
  • Turkish: “Half Dome”
  • Ukrainian: “Гаф-Доум”
  • Ukrainian: “Хаф-Доум”
  • Venetian: “Half Dome”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Katunga nga Domo”
  • Western Panjabi: “ادا گمبد”

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