Illilouette Fall
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| Illilouette Fall | |
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| File:Illilouette Fall 08911.JPG Illilouette Fall from Mist Trail | |
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| Location | Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, US |
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| Type | Veiling plunge |
| Total height | 381 feet (116 m) |
| Number of drops | 1 |
| Longest drop | 381 feet (116 m) |
| Total width | 120 feet (37 m) |
| Average width | 85 feet (26 m) |
| Watercourse | Illilouette Creek |
| World height ranking | 733 |
Illilouette Fall is a 381-foot (116 m) waterfall on the Illilouette Creek tributary of the Merced River in Yosemite National Park. It is located in a small canyon that cuts into the south wall of Yosemite Valley directly across from Vernal Fall. The origin and meaning of the waterfall's name has been lost to time.[1]
The fall is prominently visible to the south from both Mist Trail and John Muir Trail near Vernal Fall. However, during low-flow months, the fall can disappear entirely from this perspective. The best vantage point for viewing the waterfall is from the Panorama Trail as it descends from Glacier Point. There is no trail to the base of the fall, as the narrow canyon is craggy and inundated with rapids during the wet season. It is possible - though not encouraged - to reach the base of the fall during low-flow months.[1]
Name
[edit | edit source]The meaning of the name "Illilouette" is not known. According to Lafayette Bunnell, the Ahwahneechee name of the waterfall was "Too-lool-lo-we-ak". It was suggested by Bunnell that its literal translation was not appropriate for everyday use; what that translation was has been lost to time.[2] "Illilouette" may have been a perversion of the waterfall's Ahwahneechee name, though this is not known with any certainty.[1]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Illilouette Fall
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