Sierra Crest

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Sierra Crest is the prominent ridgeline that forms the main spine of California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, linking many of its highest and most rugged peaks.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sierra Crest canonical 6
High Sierra crest 1
High Sierra peaks 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
mountain ridge ⓘ
characterizedBy high elevation ⓘ
prominent ridgeline ⓘ
rugged terrain ⓘ
climate alpine climate at higher elevations ⓘ
contains Banner Peak ⓘ
Middle Palisade ⓘ
Mount Abbot ⓘ
Mount Agassiz ⓘ
Mount Brewer ⓘ
Mount Clarence King ⓘ
Mount Conness ⓘ
Mount Dana ⓘ
Mount Darwin ⓘ
Mount Gardiner ⓘ
Mount Goddard ⓘ
Mount Gould ⓘ
Mount Humphreys ⓘ
Mount Kaweah ⓘ
Mount Keith ⓘ
Mount Langley ⓘ
Mount Lyell ⓘ
Mount Morgan (North) ⓘ
Mount Morgan (South) ⓘ
Mount Muir ⓘ
Mount Ritter ⓘ
Mount Russell ⓘ
Mount Sill ⓘ
Mount Tom ⓘ
Mount Tyndall ⓘ
Mount Whitney ⓘ
Mount Williamson ⓘ
Mount Winchell ⓘ
North Palisade ⓘ
Polemonium Peak ⓘ
Split Mountain ⓘ
Starlight Peak ⓘ
Thunderbolt Peak ⓘ
University Peak ⓘ
White Mountain Peak ⓘ
many of the highest peaks in the Sierra Nevada ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
forms main spine of the Sierra Nevada ⓘ
geologicProvince Sierra Nevada Batholith ⓘ
geology primarily granitic rocks ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Whitney ⓘ
influences precipitation patterns on the western Sierra Nevada ⓘ
rain shadow on the eastern Sierra Nevada ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
United States ⓘ
mountainRange Sierra Nevada ⓘ
parallelTo eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada ⓘ
partOf Sierra Nevada ⓘ
popularFor alpine climbing ⓘ
backpacking ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
region Central Sierra Nevada ⓘ
Eastern California ⓘ
linked to: eastern California
separates eastern Sierra Nevada from western Sierra Nevada ⓘ
state California ⓘ
traversedBy Sierra High Route ⓘ
traversedNearBy John Muir Trail ⓘ
Pacific Crest Trail ⓘ
usedAs hydrologic divide ⓘ
topographic divide ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thunderbolt Peak → liesOn → Sierra Crest ⓘ
Sentinel Dome area → viewOf → High Sierra crest ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Crest
Cottonwood Pass area → hasViewOf → High Sierra peaks ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Crest
Mount Mendel → near → Sierra Crest ⓘ
Split Mountain → isOn → Sierra Crest ⓘ
Mount Muir → isOn → Sierra Crest ⓘ
Mount Agassiz → liesOn → Sierra Crest ⓘ
Kearsarge Pass → traverses → Sierra Crest ⓘ