Sierra Nevada (AS)
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| Sierra Nevada | |
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 The Sierra's Mills Creek cirque (center) is on the west side of the Sierra Crest, south of Mono Lake (top, blue).
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mount Whitney |
| Elevation | 14.505 kaki (4,421 m) [1] |
| Coordinates | 36°34′43″LU 118°17′31″BB / 36,578580925°LU 118,29199495°BB |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 400 mil (640 km) north-south from Fredonyer Pass to Tehachapi Pass [2] |
| Width | 65 mil (105 km) [3] |
| Area | 24.370 mil² (63,100 km2) [4] |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | 1777: Spanish for "snowy mountain range" |
| Nickname | the Sierra, the High Sierra, the Sierras, Range of Light (1894, John Muir)[5] |
| Geography | |
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| Country | United States |
| States | California and Nevada |
| Range coordinates | 37°44′LU 119°34′BB / 37,73°LU 119,57°BBKoordinat: 37°44′LU 119°34′BB / 37,73°LU 119,57°BB |
| Geology | |
| Period | Mesozoic |
| Type of rock | batholith and igneous |
Sierra Nevada ( /siˈɛrə nɪˈvɑːdə/ atau /nɪˈvædə/, bahasa Spanyol: [ˈsjera neˈβaða], snowy mountain range[6]) merupakan sebuah barisan pegunungan yang kebanyakan terdapat di California timur. Barisan ini juga dikenal sebagai Sierra.
Referensi[sunting | sunting sumber]
- ^ "Mount Whitney". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=GT1811.
- ^ "Sierra Nevada". Ecological Subregions of California. United States Forest Service. Diarsipkan dari aslinya tanggal 2010-12-05.
- ^ "Sierra Nevada". SummitPost.org. Diakses 2010-05-29.
- ^ Kesalahan pengutipan: Tag
<ref>tidak sah; tidak ditemukan teks untuk ref bernamagap - ^ Muir, John (1894). "Chapter 1: The Sierra Nevada". The Mountains of California. Diakses 2010-05-29.
- ^ Carlson, Helen S. (1976). Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. University of Nevada Press. hlm. 215. ISBN 978-0-87417-094-8.
