Tenaya Peak | |
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![]() Tenaya Peak above Tenaya Lake | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 10,306 ft (3,141 m) NAVD 88[1] |
Prominence | 181 ft (55 m)[1] |
Coordinates | 37°49′43″N 119°26′36″W / 37.8285358°N 119.443215°W[2] |
Geography | |
Location | Yosemite National Park Tuolumne County, California, U.S. |
Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
Topo map | USGS Tenaya Lake |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Scramble (class 2)[3] |
Tenaya Peak is a mountain in the Yosemite high country, rising above Tenaya Lake. Tenaya Peak is named after Chief Tenaya, who met the Mariposa Battalion near the shores of the Tenaya lake. In 1851, the Mariposa Battalion under Captain John Boling expelled Chief Tenaya and his people from what was to become Yosemite National Park.[4][5]