Saturday, January 3, 1970

Place: CA-Chiquito Lake


Chiquito Lake-7,953 (Sing Peak)   (37.5358035, -119.4374988)
Chiquito Creek-3,419' (Sing Peak, Mammoth Pool Dam)   (37.3410551, -119.3365178)
Chiquito Pass-8,045' (Sing Peak)   (37.5416040, -119.4395865)
Chiquito Ridge-7,818' (Shuteye Peak)   (37.3596656 -119.4304127)


Description:
From the Spanish diminutive, applied to a branch of the San Joaquin, Chiquito Joaquin, or Little Joaquin, contracted to Chiquito Creek.   From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926)
by Francis P. Farquhar

Also known as:
  • Chiquita Joaquin - from Browning, Peter. Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley, California: Wilderness Press, 1986. p39
  • Chiquita Joaquin River - from Durham, David L. Geographic Names of Madera County California. Fresno, California: Pioneer Publishing, 1987. p11
  •  Chiquito Joaquin - from Browning, Peter. Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley, California: Wilderness Press, 1986. p39
  • Chiquita Pass - from U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Phase I data compilation

Trips:
  • October 1, 2014 - Meetup hike from Quartz Mountain Trail Head, we went through Chiquito Pass, boundary with Yosemite National park


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