Basket Dome

Basket Dome is located in California
Basket Dome
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Basket Dome is located in the United States
Basket Dome
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LocationMariposa County, California, U.S.Parent rangeSierra NevadaTopo mapUSGS Yosemite Falls

Basket Dome is a granite dome in Yosemite National Park, United States.

Basket Dome was named from a Native American legend involving a woman carrying a basket, who was turned by anger into stone, forming the dome.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Basket Dome". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  2. ^ "Basket Dome". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  3. ^ Browning, Peter (2005). Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. Great West Books. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-944220-19-1.


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