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Kaweah Peaks Ridge

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watershed. There are many high alpine lakes surrounding the peaks in Nine Lake Basin to the west and Kaweah Basin to the east. Visitors are rare due to the isolated location, but the Kaweah Peaks offer tranquil camping, fishing and high alpine mountaineering. For the most part, the rock is loose and
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The peaks, 20 miles (32 km) by trail from any road, are south of the
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There are several officially named peaks along the ridge:
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Mount Kaweah
Elevation
 NAVD 88
Coordinates
36°33′N 118°30.5′W / 36.550°N 118.5083°W / 36.550; -118.5083
Kaweah Peaks Ridge is located in California
Parent range
Great Western Divide
Sierra Nevada
Type of rock
Metamorphic
spur
Great Western Divide
California
Sierra Nevada
Sequoia National Park
metamorphic rock
Black Kaweah
Kaweah Queen
Mount Kaweah
Red Kaweah
Kings-Kaweah Divide
Kern
Kaweah
"Mount Kaweah"


A Natural History of California: Second Edition
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