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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
Peak Eight is located in the United States
Peak Eight
Peak Eight
Location in the United States
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

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  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.