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{{Short description|Highest mountain on the Kaweah Ridge}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Kaweah
| photo = Mt Kaweah.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount Kaweah from Red Spur, circa 1932
| elevation_ft = 13807
| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |pid=2807 |name=Mount Kaweah, California |access-date=2008-12-29}}</ref>
| prominence_ft = 2027
| prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/>
| listing = {{unbulleted list
 | [[List of the highest major summits of North America|North America highest peaks]] 76th
 | [[List of the highest major summits of the United States|US highest major peaks]] 58th
 | [[List of highest mountain peaks of California|California highest major peaks]] 9th
 | [[Sierra Peaks Section|{{abbr|SPS|Sierra Peaks Section}}]] [[SPS Emblem|Emblem]] peak<ref name="sps">{{cite sps |access-date=2008-09-28}}</ref>
 | Western States Climbers Star peak<ref name="wsc">{{cite wsc |access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> }}
| location = [[Tulare County, California|Tulare County]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| range = [[Great Western Divide]], [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]]
| map = USA California
| map_size = 200
| map_caption = none
| coordinates = {{coord|36.5260491|N|118.4784256|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates = 
| coordinates_ref = <ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis |id=254846 |name=Mount Kaweah |access-date=2008-12-29}}</ref>
| topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Triple Divide Peak
| first_ascent = September 1881 by Frederick H. Wales, William B. Wallace and James W. A. Wright<ref name="Farquhar">{{cite Farquhar |id=K |name=access-date = 2009-08-10}}</ref>
| easiest_route = [[Hiking|Hike]], {{YDS|1}}<ref name="Secor"/>
}}

'''Mount Kaweah''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|'|w|iː|.|ə}}) is a mountain in [[California]]'s [[Sequoia National Park]] and forms part of the [[Kaweah Peaks Ridge]], a spur of the [[Great Western Divide]] which extends south from [[Triple Divide Peak (Tulare County, California)|Triple Divide Peak]]. It has a summit elevation of {{cvt|13807|ft|m|0}}, the highest along the [[Kaweah Peaks Ridge]].

==Name==
The peak was named for the [[Kaweah River]] which has its headwaters to the west of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge. The Kaweahs, however, drain into the [[Kern River]].<ref name="pb"/> The Kaweah River was named for the Kawai (or Gā'wia) tribe, members of the [[Yokuts people]]. The Yokuts were once known as Mariposa.<ref name="Browning">{{cite book |last=Browning |first=Peter |title=Place Names of the Sierra Nevada |publisher=[[Wilderness Press]] |year=1986 |location=Berkeley |page=[https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsier00brow/page/115 115] |isbn=978-0-89997-119-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsier00brow/page/115 }}</ref>

==Foxtail Pine==
A rare [[pine]], the [[Foxtail Pine]], lives on the southern slopes of Mount Kaweah.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://allthingsplants.com/plants/photo/288282/ |title=Photo of the habitat view of Foxtail Pine |publisher=All Things Plants |access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref>

[[File:Mount Kaweah in Sequoia National Park, from the High Sierra Trail.jpg|thumb|center|300px|Foxtail Pine below Mount Kaweah (2011)]]<!-- Probably from Moraine Lake -->

==Highest mountain in the southwest Sierra==
Mount Kaweah is the highest mountain in the southwest [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra]].<ref name=Secor/><ref name="summitpost.org">{{cite web | url=http://www.summitpost.org/mount-kaweah/154759 | title=Mount Kaweah | publisher=summitpost.org | access-date=1 July 2017 | author=Langenbacher}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of mountain peaks of California]]

== References ==
[[File:Mount Kaweah from Chagoopa Plateau.jpg|thumb|290px|South aspect from Chagoopa Plateau]]
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=Secor>{{cite Secor |title=The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails |author=Secor, R.J. |year=2009 |edition=3 |page=183}}</ref>}}

==External links==
*{{cite summitpost |id=154759 |name=Mount Kaweah}}

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