Basket Dome

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

Basket Dome
Basket Dome to the right of North Dome
Highest point
Elevation	7,612 ft (2,320 m)  NGVD 29[1]
Prominence	212 ft (65 m) [1]
Coordinates	37°45′49″N 119°33′03″W [2]
Geography
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Location	Mariposa County, California, U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS Yosemite Falls

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. "Basket Dome". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
2. "Basket Dome". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 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.