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.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 10,266 feet
- Description: mountain in the Yosemite above Tenaya Lake
- Also known as: “Coliseum Peak” and “Tenaiya Cliff”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tenaya Lake and Tresidder Peak.
Tenaya Lake
Lake
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tenaya Lake is an alpine lake in Yosemite National Park, located between Yosemite Valley and Tuolumne Meadows. The surface of Tenaya Lake has an elevation of 8,150 feet.
Tresidder Peak
Peak
Tresidder Peak is a mountain in Yosemite National Park, California. The mountain has two summits, about half a mile apart, with the southern peak being the highest.
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.
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.
Tenaya Peak
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Mariposa County, Sierra Nevada, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.82854° or 37° 49′ 43″ northLongitude
-119.44322° or 119° 26′ 36″ westElevation
10,266 feet (3,129 metres)Open location code
8592RHH4+CPOpenStreetMap ID
node 358796269OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Tenaya Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tenaya Peak”
- Dutch: “Tenaya Peak”
- French: “pic Tenaya”
- French: “Pic Tenaya”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tuolumne Meadows and Porcupine Flat.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mildred Lake and Harlequin Dome.
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