Tenaya Lake

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caption_lake = Tenaya Lake as seen from a hill northwest of the lake
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outflow = Tenaya Creek
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elevation = 8,150 ft (2,484 m)
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Tenaya Lake is a lake in Yosemite National Park, located between Yosemite Valley and Tuolumne Meadows.

Tenaya Lake was created by the Tenaya branch of the Tuolumne Glacier as it passed through Tenaya Canyon.ref|create The outflow of the lake is Tenaya Creek, which runs through Tenaya Canyon into Yosemite Valley. The surface of Tenaya Lake has an elevation of 8,150 feet (2,484 m).ref|alt

Tenaya Lake is named after Chief Tenaya, who met the Mariposa Battalion near the shores of the lake. Ironically, Tenaya protested that the lake already had a name: "Pie-we-ack", or "Lake of the Shining Rocks."ref|name This original name is now attached to a granite dome to the east of the lake.

References

# cite web | title=When You Arrive: Teaching Sites - Year-Round Sites | work=Yosemite National Park Interactive Classroom | url=http://www.nps.gov/yose/education/visiting/when_arriv/teaching.htm | accessmonthday=October 11 | accessyear=2005
# cite web | title=Station Meta Data: TENAYA LAKE | work=California Department of Water Resources | url=http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/staMeta?station_id=TNY | accessmonthday=October 11 | accessyear=2005
# cite web | author=Farquhar, Francis P | title=Place Names - T | work=Place Names of the High Sierra | url=http://www.yosemite.ca.us/history/place_names_of_the_high_sierra/t.html | accessmonthday=October 11 | accessyear=2005