Kuna Peak is a summit on the boundary between

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and Tuolumne counties, in the

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, is the highest point on

Kuna Crest Kuna Crest is a mountain range near Tuolumne Meadows, in Yosemite National Park, California. Name The word ''Kuna'' probably derives from a Shoshonean language, Shoshonean word meaning "fire," which appears in the Mono language (California), Mo ...

. With an elevation of , Kuna Peak is the 146th-highest summit in the state of California, and is the third-highest mountain in Yosemite National Park.

Name

The word ''Kuna'' probably derives from a

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or word meaning "fire," appearing in the Mono dialect of the area, with a meaning of ''

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''. On the summit, there are many jagged pieces of rock which resemble fire themselves; see

Kuna Crest Granodiorite Kuna Crest Granodiorite (also called ''Granodiorite of Glen Aulin''), is found, in Yosemite National Park, United States. The granodiorite forms part of the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite (aka Tuolumne Batholith), one of the four major intrusive suites ...

Geography

Kuna Peak is flanked by shorter peaks all of which are nearly equal in height, such as

Koip Peak Koip Peak is a 12,968-foot-elevation (3,953 meter) summit in Mono County, California, in the United States. It is located in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is approximately outside of Yosemite National Par ...

, which is a mile to the east, and is feet lower. The western side of Kuna Peak is in Yosemite National Park, the eastern side being in the

Ansel Adams Wilderness The Ansel Adams Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Sierra Nevada of California, United States. The wilderness spans ; 33.9% of the territory lies in the Inyo National Forest, 65.8% is in the Sierra National Forest, and the remaining 0.3% cover ...

. The following features are near Kuna Peak: *

Bingaman Lake Bingaman Lake is a lake in Tuolumne County, California, in the United States. Bingaman Lake was named for John W. Bingaman, a park ranger who stocked the lake with fish in exchange for the naming rights. The lake is below Kuna Crest and Kuna Peak. ...

* Donohue Peak *

* Helen Lake * Kuna Lake *

Mammoth Peak Mammoth Peak is a mountain in the area of Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California. The summit is a class 1-2 cross-country hike that features river crossings and boulder scrambling. The peak lies at the northern end of the Kun ...

Mono Pass Mono Pass is a mountain pass, just outside Yosemite National Park, near the region of Tuolumne Meadows. Mono Pass is between Mount Gibbs and Mount Lewis. There is another pass also named Mono less than 40 miles away in the Rock Creek/Little ...

* Mount Andrea Lawrence * Mount Lewis *

Parker Peak Parker Peak () is a peak of the Walker Mountains rising at the base of Evans Peninsula on Thurston Island. It was delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarct ...

* Spillway Lake

Gallery

File:Kuna Peak, north.jpg, North aspect of Kuna Peak centered in the distance, as seen from Mount Gibbs. File:View South from Mt Gibbs Summit.jpg, North aspects of

(left),

(right of center), and Kuna Peak (right) as seen from Mount Gibbs.

References

Mountains of Mono County, California Mountains of Tuolumne County, California Mountains of Yosemite National Park Mountains of the Ansel Adams Wilderness Mountains of Northern California {{TuolumneCountyCA-geo-stub