Sierra Crest

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Sierra Crest is the prominent ridgeline that forms the main spine of California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, linking many of its highest and most rugged peaks.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sierra Crest canonical 6
High Sierra crest 1
High Sierra peaks 1

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Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
mountain ridge
characterizedBy high elevation
prominent ridgeline
rugged terrain
climate alpine climate at higher elevations
contains Banner Peak
Middle Palisade
Mount Abbot
Mount Agassiz
Mount Brewer
Mount Clarence King
Mount Conness
Mount Dana
Mount Darwin
Mount Gardiner
Mount Goddard
Mount Gould
Mount Humphreys
Mount Kaweah
Mount Keith
Mount Langley
Mount Lyell
Mount Morgan (North)
Mount Morgan (South)
Mount Muir
Mount Ritter
Mount Russell
Mount Sill
Mount Tom
Mount Tyndall
Mount Whitney
Mount Williamson
Mount Winchell
North Palisade
Polemonium Peak
Split Mountain
Starlight Peak
Thunderbolt Peak
University Peak
White Mountain Peak
many of the highest peaks in the Sierra Nevada
country United States
forms main spine of the Sierra Nevada
geologicProvince Sierra Nevada Batholith
geology primarily granitic rocks
highestPoint Mount Whitney
influences precipitation patterns on the western Sierra Nevada
rain shadow on the eastern Sierra Nevada
locatedIn California
United States
mountainRange Sierra Nevada
parallelTo eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada
partOf Sierra Nevada
popularFor alpine climbing
backpacking
mountaineering
region Central Sierra Nevada
Eastern California
linked to: eastern California
separates eastern Sierra Nevada from western Sierra Nevada
state California
traversedBy Sierra High Route
traversedNearBy John Muir Trail
Pacific Crest Trail
usedAs hydrologic divide
topographic divide

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thunderbolt Peak liesOn Sierra Crest
Sentinel Dome area viewOf High Sierra crest
linked to: Sierra Crest
Cottonwood Pass area hasViewOf High Sierra peaks
linked to: Sierra Crest
Mount Mendel near Sierra Crest
Split Mountain isOn Sierra Crest
Mount Muir isOn Sierra Crest
Mount Agassiz liesOn Sierra Crest
Kearsarge Pass traverses Sierra Crest