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Black Kaweah

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Listing
  
SPS Mountaineers peak

First ascent
  
1920

First ascender
  
Duncan McDuffie

Elevation
  
4,170 m

Prominence
  
158 m

Parent peak
  
Red Kaweah

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Location
  
Sequoia National Park, Tulare County, California, U.S.

Parent range
  
Sierra Nevada, Great Western Divide

Topo map
  
USGS Triple Divide Peak

Easiest route
  
Moderate scramble, class 3

Mountain range
  
Sierra Nevada, Great Western Divide

Similar
  
Kaweah Peaks Ridge, Mount Kaweah, Triple Divide Peak, Milestone Mountain, Table Mountain

Black Kaweah is a mountain of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge of the California's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park. The peak has a local magnetic disturbance that has caused compasses in the vicinity to vary by up to eight degrees. Fulgurites can be found on the peak.

Map of Black Kaweah, California, USA

References

Black Kaweah Wikipedia