Pothole Dome
| Pothole Dome | |
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| File:Pothole-dome.jpg | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 8765+ ft (2671+ m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [2] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Tuolumne County, California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
| Topo map | USGS |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Hide, class 1 |
Pothole Dome is a granite dome on the West side of Tuolumne Meadows, in Yosemite National Park.[1] The summit of the dome is easily accessible by foot from a parking area on the Tioga Road. The view from the summit includes most of Tuolumne Meadows and in the distance, Cathedral Peak.[3] The dome gives evidence of many of the geologic processes at work in Yosemite during and after the last ice age. In particular, the stranded, rounded boulders from a glacier that has long since retreated, and the water-eroded "potholes" provide evidence of two ways that water can interact with granite.[4]
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File:Pothole-dome-rocks.jpg
View from top of Pothole Dome
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File:Pothole-Dome-pothole.jpg
One of the potholes
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