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Mount Broderick

Coordinates: 37°44′01″N 119°32′07″W / 37.7335°N 119.5353°W / 37.7335; -119.5353
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Mount Broderick
Mount Broderick on the left, Liberty Cap on the right
Highest point
Elevation6,706 ft (2,044 m)
Prominence466 feet (142 m)
Parent peakHalf Dome
Geography
Mount Broderick is located in California
Mount Broderick
Mount Broderick
Location in California
Mount Broderick is located in the United States
Mount Broderick
Mount Broderick
Mount Broderick (the United States)
LocationYosemite National Park

Mount Broderick is a summit in Yosemite National Park, United States.[1] With an elevation of 6,696 feet (2,041 m), Mount Broderick is the 1573rd highest summit in the state of California.[2]

Mount Broderick was named for David C. Broderick, a United States Senator from California.[3]

There are rock climbing routes on Mount Broderick.[4]

Climbing Mount Broderick requires a wilderness permit, obtainable at all Yosemite visitor centers.

Left to rightː Half Dome, Mount Broderick, Liberty Cap, Nevada Fall. From the southwest at Clark Point.

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Broderick
  2. ^ "Mount Broderick". Peakery.com. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  3. ^ Browning, Peter (2005). Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. Great West Books. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-944220-19-1.
  4. ^ Reed, Shaun (June 26, 2014). "Mount Broderick Rock Climbing". Mountainproject.
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37°44′01″N 119°32′07″W / 37.7335°N 119.5353°W / 37.7335; -119.5353