Black Kaweah

Black Kaweah

Infobox Mountain
Name = Black Kaweah
Location = California, USA
Elevation = 13,665 feet (4,165 m)
Topographic
USGS Triple Divide Peak
Coordinates = coord|36|32|43|N|118|30|53|W|type:mountain_region:US|display=inline,title
Prominence = 605 ft (184 m)
Parent peak = Red Kaweah cite web
url = http://www.peaklist.org/CAmtnatlas/tables/whitney/kaweah.html
title = MOUNT KAWEAH - California Mountain Atlas
work = Peaklist.org
accessdate = 2008-09-22
]
First ascent = 1920 by Duncan McDuffie, Onis Brown, James Hutchinson

Black Kaweah is a mountain of the Kaweah peaks ridge of the California's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park.

Fulgurites can be found on the peak. [cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060221204105/http://www.usfcam.usf.edu/McCollumPDF/38.Sierra.pdf|title=Fulgurite in the Sierra Nevada|last=Libby|first=C.A.]

References

External links and references

* [http://bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=26364 Black Kaweah on Bivouac.com]
*gnis|254626|Black Kaweah


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