Polly Dome
Polly Dome is a prominent granite dome rising 1,640 feet above the northwest side of Tenaya Lake and Tioga Road in the Yosemite high country. The dome, more than 3 kilometers long, is a substantially intact mass of granitic rock that has withstood heavy glaciation and exfoliation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 9,790 feet
- Description: dome in Yosemite National Park
- Also known as: “Turtle Rock”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pywiack Dome and Harlequin Dome.
Pywiack Dome
Peak
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pywiack Dome is a prominent 600 foot granite dome in Yosemite National Park, located 0.7 miles north-east of Tenaya Lake, 4 miles west of Tuolumne Meadows and 200 feet from the Tioga Road.
Harlequin Dome
Peak
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harlequin Dome is a granite dome, quite near Tenaya Lake, in the Tuolumne Meadows region of Yosemite National Park.
Stately Pleasure Dome
Peak
Stately Pleasure Dome is the unofficial name for the prominent south-southwestern portion of Polly Dome, a granite dome on the northwest side of Tenaya Lake and Tioga Road in the Yosemite high country.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yosemite National Park.
Yosemite National Park
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yosemite National Park is a national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Sierra Nevada mountains in east-central California. Approximately four million visitors each year come to Yosemite to marvel at its spectacular granite cliffs, towering waterfalls, remote wilderness, massive sequoia trees, and high mountain meadows.
Polly Dome
- Categories: granite dome and landform
- Location: Mariposa County, Sierra Nevada, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.85437° or 37° 51′ 16″ northLongitude
-119.44961° or 119° 26′ 59″ westElevation
9,790 feet (2,984 metres)Open location code
8592VH32+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 358795624OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Polly Dome” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Polly Dome”
- French: “Polly Dome”
- “Polly Dome”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tuolumne Meadows and Porcupine Flat.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bunny Slopes and South Whizz Dome.
Mariposa County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Mariposa, El Portal, Coulterville, and Fish Camp.
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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 “Polly Dome”. Photo: Jarekt, CC BY 4.0.