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Peak Eight

Coordinates: 41°33′01″N 123°46′34″W / 41.5503981°N 123.7761792°W / 41.5503981; -123.7761792
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Peak Eight
Peak Eight is located in California
Peak Eight
Peak Eight
Location in California
Highest point
Elevation5,188 ft (1,581 m) NGVD 29[1]
Coordinates41°33′01″N 123°46′34″W / 41.5503981°N 123.7761792°W / 41.5503981; -123.7761792[2]
Geography
LocationDel Norte County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSiskiyou Mountains

Peak Eight is a summit in Del Norte County, California,[2] sacred to the Yurok, Karok and Tolowa tribes.[3][4][5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Peak Eight". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Peak Eight". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  3. ^ Wunder, John R. (1996). Native American cultural and religious freedoms. Taylor & Francis. pp. 59–. ISBN 978-0-8153-2489-8. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  4. ^ Norton, Jack (1979). Genocide in northwestern California: when our worlds cried. Indian Historian Press. p. 115. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  5. ^ Ervin, Keith (November 1989). Fragile majesty: the battle for North America's last great forest. The Mountaineers. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-89886-230-0. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  6. ^ Falk, David (1989). "Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association: Bulldozing First Amendment Protection of Indian Sacred Lands". Ecology L.Q. 16: 515ff.