Basket Dome

Basket Dome
Basket Dome to the right of North Dome
Highest point
Elevation7,612 ft (2,320 m) NGVD 29
Prominence212 ft (65 m)
Coordinates37°45′49″N 119°33′03″W / 37.7635359°N 119.550719°W / 37.7635359; -119.550719
Geography
Basket Dome
Basket Dome
LocationMariposa County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Yosemite Falls

Basket Dome is a granite dome in Yosemite National Park, United States.

Basket Dome was named from a Native American legend involving a woman carrying a basket, who was turned by anger into stone, forming the dome.