Virginia Peak, California

The formidable north face of Virginia Peak, viewed from the ridge that connects with Twin Peaks (2016-08-03). Photo by Christopher Wessels. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 481 ft/147 m   Optimistic Prominence: 521 ft/159 m   Key Col: 11,520 ft/3511 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 0.8 mi/1.29 km    Isolation Limit Point: 38.0775, -119.3583 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Twin Peaks - East Peak  (N)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Sierra Nevada Range4: Yosemite-Ritter Sierra Nevada Range5: Northern Yosemite
Drainage Basins	San Joaquin San Francisco Bay Pacific-Western USA Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: Yosemite National Park Wilderness/Special Area: Yosemite Wilderness Area
Topo Map	Dunderberg Peak O38119a3 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Annotated panorama view from the summit of Matterhorn Peak (2015-09-12). Photo by Yao-Min Chen. Click here for larger-size photo.

Virginia Peak from the south ridge of Twin Peaks, with Stanton on its right and Mount Conness and North Peak in the distant left. (2020-10-18). Photo by Yao-Min Chen. Click here for larger-size photo.

South summit of Twin Peaks, where the summit register was located, taken from the north summit of Twin Peaks. Mount Conness is right behind. Left of Conness one can find Mount Ritter and Banner Peak. Right of Conness one can see the highest ridge of Yosemite NP, with Mount Lyell and Mount Maclure. Later we would traverse the ridge from the summit to Virginia Peak, on the lower right of the photo (2020-10-18). Photo by Yao-Min Chen. Click here for larger-size photo.

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