Mount Dana
Mount Dana as seen from the west. The hike to the top goes up this face.
Elevation:	13,061 feet (3,981 metres)
Location:	California, USA
Range:	Sierra Nevada
Coordinates:	37° 53′ 59.64″ N 119° 13′ 15.93″ W
Topo map:	USGS Mount Dana
Type:	Metamorphic rock
Age of rock:	Cretaceous
First ascent:	1863 by Josiah Whitney, William H. Brewer, and Charles F. Hoffmann
Easiest route:	hike

Mount Dana is a mountain on the eastern edge of Yosemite National Park and is the second highest peak within the park after Mount Lyell. The Dana Meadows lie at the foot of the mountain. They are named after James Dwight Dana, a professor of geology at Yale. Mount Dana is composed of reddish metamorphic rock. Mount Dana in Yosemite National Park, USA. I took this photo myself, on Sep 2, 2003. ... A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... The most general definition of mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range that is mostly in eastern California. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... Example of a topographic map with contour lines Topographic maps, also called contour maps, topo maps or topo quads (for quadrangles), are maps that show topography, or land contours, by means of contour lines. ... The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. ... Mountains can be characterized in several ways. ... Metamorphic rock is the result of the transformation of a pre-existing rock type, the protolith, in a process called metamorphism, which means change in form (from the Greek words meta, change, and morphe, form). The protolith is subjected to extreme heat (greater than 150 degrees Celsius) and pressure causing... The geologic time scale is used by geologists and other scientists to describe the timing and relationships between events that have occurred during the history of the Earth. ... The Cretaceous period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic period (about 135 mya) to the beginning of the Paleocene epoch of the Tertiary period (65 mya). ... In climbing, a first ascent (FA) is the first climb to reach the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Portrait of Josiah Whitney by Silas Selleck, 1863 Josiah Dwight Whitney (November 23, 1819-August 15, 1896) was a professor of geology at Harvard University (from 1865), and was chief of the California Geological Survey (1860-1874). ... William Henry Brewer (September 14, 1828 -- November 2, 1910) was an American botanist. ... A native of Germany, trained as an engineer. ... Southern and northern Mount Everest climbing routes as seen from the International Space Station. ... Beautiful natural scenes are common hiking destinations Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. ... Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... Yosemite redirects here. ... Mount Lyell is the highest point in Yosemite National Park. ... Mount Dana (left) and Mount Gibbs (right) from Dana Meadows. ... James Dwight Dana (February 12, 1813 - April 14, 1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist. ... Geology (from Greek γη- (ge-, the earth) and λογος (logos, word, reason)) is the science and study of the Earth, its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and the processes that shape it. ... For other uses, see Yale (disambiguation). ... Metamorphic rock is the result of the transformation of a pre-existing rock type, the protolith, in a process called metamorphism, which means change in form (from the Greek words meta, change, and morphe, form). The protolith is subjected to extreme heat (greater than 150 degrees Celsius) and pressure causing...

Mount Dana is a class 2 climb, 3 miles and 3100' elevation gain from the park entrance at Tioga Pass. Mt. Dana is typically climbed from its western face, and its northern face includes a small, receding glacier known as the Dana Glacier. Tioga Pass (elevation 9943) is a pass in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. ...

View of Mount Dana and the Dana Plateau from Mono Lake, with tufa in foreground

Download high resolution version (1000x606, 95 KB)Image taken in June 2004 by Daniel Mayer. ... Download high resolution version (1000x606, 95 KB)Image taken in June 2004 by Daniel Mayer. ... Mono Lake, showing nearby Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park Mono Lake is an alkaline and hypersaline lake in California, United States that is a critical nesting habitat for several bird species and is one of the most productive ecosystems in North America. ... Tufa is the name for an unusual geological formation. ...

External links

• Maps and aerial photos
  • Topographic map from TopoZone
  • Aerial image from TerraServer-USA
  • Surrounding area map from Google Maps
  • Location in the United States from the Census Bureau