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Bath Mountain

Coordinates: 38°03′29″N 119°27′53″W / 38.0580°N 119.4647°W / 38.0580; -119.4647
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Bath Mountain
Bath Mountain is located in California
Bath Mountain
Bath Mountain
Location in California
Highest point
Elevation10,532 ft (3,210 m)[1]
Prominence600 ft (180 m)[2]
Coordinates38°3′29″N 119°27′53″W / 38.05806°N 119.46472°W / 38.05806; -119.46472
Geography
LocationYosemite National Park, Tuolumne County, California, United States
Parent rangeSierra Nevada[3]
Topo mapUSGS Matterhorn Peak

Bath Mountain is a summit in Yosemite National Park, United States.[4] With an elevation of 10,482 feet (3,195 m), Bath Mountain is the 517th highest summit in the state of California.[5]

Bath Mountain was so named when a USGS topographer took a bath in a lake at its base in 1905.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Bath Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. January 19, 1981. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "Bath Mountain". Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  3. ^ "Sierra Nevada". Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bath Mountain
  5. ^ "Bath Mountain". Peakery.com. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  6. ^ Browning, Peter (2005). Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. Great West Books. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-944220-19-1.

38°03′29″N 119°27′53″W / 38.0580°N 119.4647°W / 38.0580; -119.4647