Piestewa Peak

Piestewa Peak
Piestewa Peak
Vainom Do'ag
	Piestewa Peak viewed from Wrigley Mansion
Highest point
Elevation	2,610 ft (796 m) NAVD 88
Prominence	1,176 ft (358 m)
Coordinates	33°32′50″N 112°01′16″W / 33.547332322°N 112.020989392°W
Geography
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Location	Maricopa County, Arizona, U.S.
Parent range	Phoenix Mountains
Topo map	USGS Sunnyslope
Geology
Rock age	Precambrian
Mountain type	Schist
Climbing
Easiest route	Walk up, class 1s3

Piestewa Peak (/paɪˈɛstəwɑː/ py-ES-tə-wah;^[4] O'odham: Vainom Do'ag, formerly Squaw Peak), at 2,610 feet (796 m) is the second highest point in the Phoenix Mountains, after Camelback Mountain, and the third highest in the city of Phoenix, Arizona. It is located in the Piestewa Peak Recreation Area within the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, near Piestewa Freeway (Arizona State Highway 51). Piestewa Peak is named in honor of Army Spc. Lori Ann Piestewa, the first known Native American woman to die in combat in the U.S. military,^[5] and the first female soldier to be killed in action in the 2003 Iraq War.^[6]

^ ^a ^b "Squaw Peak Reset". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
^ "Piestewa Peak, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
^ "Piestewa Peak". SummitPost.org. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
^ Pancrazio, Angela Cara (May 26, 2003). "Piestewa is latest hard-to-pronounce name for Arizona". The Arizona Republic.
^ "Army Pfc. Lori Ann Piestewa". Military Times. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
^ Davidson, Osha Gray (June 3, 2004). "The Forgotten Soldier, The unsung herione of the Jessica Lynch ambush in Iraq". Archived from the original on April 12, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2014.