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Wapama Falls

Wapama Falls is the larger of two waterfalls located on on the northern wall of Hetch Hetchy Valley below , in .
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  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: waterfall
  • Also known as: “Hetch Hetchy Falls” and “Macomb Falls”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tueeulala Falls and Hetch Hetchy Dome.

Waterfall
Photo: Epachamo, Public domain.
is located on the north side of Hetch Hetchy Valley in . At roughly 880 feet it is the smaller of two large waterfalls that spill into Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, the other being Wapama Falls.

Peak
Photo: Richard Wood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a granite dome, in the area of .

Peak
Photo: Crimoid, CC BY 3.0.
is a prominent granite dome located along the southern edge of Hetch Hetchy Valley in . John Muir stated that Kolana was the Indian name for the rock.

Wapama Falls

Latitude
37.96788° or 37° 58′ 4″ north
Longitude
-119.76553° or 119° 45′ 56″ west
Elevation
4,816 feet (1,468 metres)
Height
1,286 feet (392 metres)
Open location code
8592X69M+5Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2174315615
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Geo­Names ID
5407099
Wiki­data ID
Q38227
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Satellite Map

Discover Wapama Falls from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Hebrew to Urdu—“Wapama Falls” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “מפלי ואפאמה”
  • Mazanderani: “ئوشار واپاما”
  • Mazanderani: “واپاما ئوشار”
  • Persian: “آبشار واپاما”
  • Persian: “ابشار واپاما”
  • Portuguese: “Wapama Falls”
  • Tajik: “Вапама”
  • Tajik: “Обшори Вапама”
  • Tajik: “Шаршараи Вапама”
  • Ukrainian: “Водоспади Вапама”
  • Urdu: “واپاما آبشار”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Harden Gardens and Mather.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wapama Falls and O’Shaughnessy Dam.

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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 “Wapama Falls”. Photo: Inklein, CC BY-SA 3.0.