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Kolana Rock

Kolana Rock
Kolana Rock.jpg
Kolana Rock as viewed from the North-West side of Hetch Hetchy Valley
Highest point
Elevation 5,774 ft (1,760 m)  NAVD 88
Coordinates 37°57′09″N 119°45′35″W / 37.9524208°N 119.7596204°W / 37.9524208; -119.7596204Coordinates: 37°57′09″N 119°45′35″W / 37.9524208°N 119.7596204°W / 37.9524208; -119.7596204
Geography
Parent range Sierra Nevada
Geology
Mountain type Granite dome

Kolana Rock is a prominent granite dome located along the southern edge of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park. John Muir stated that Kolana was the Indian name for the rock. It towers 2,000 feet (610 m) above the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.

The dome was closed to rock climbing for many years during the breeding season of the Peregrine Falcon. The closure was lifted in 2013.




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