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West Quarter Dome

Landform in Yosemite National Park, US From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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West Quarter Dome is a granodiorite dome, in the Tenaya Canyon area of Yosemite National Park. It is composed of Half Dome Granodiorite.[2]

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There are two domes, West Quarter Dome and East Quarter Dome, and they are right next to each other.[3][4][5][6]

Ansel Adams took a photo, Glacial Erratic on East Quarter Dome Showing Half Dome in Background, on East Quarter Dome.[7]

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On the locale, and rock climbing

The Quarter Domes are a bit up Tenaya Canyon, are across from Half Dome and Clouds Rest, thus are above Yosemite Valley, quite near to Little Yosemite Valley.[8][6]

The Quarter Domes offer rock climbing routes, though the approach is difficult.[9][10][11] One well-known route is The North Face, which Yvon Chouinard and Tom Frost first climbed in 1962.[12]

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