Monday, January 19, 1970

Places: CA-Silver Strand


Silver Strand (El Capitan)   
(37.7043720, -119.6693338)

Description:
From GNIS:
  • In Yosemite National Park, on the south wall of Yosemite Valley, between Old Inspiration Point on the west and Stepford Point on the east.
  • Name proposed by  Francois Matthes 
  • Also called
    • Widows Tears
    • Widows Tears Falls-Browning, Peter. Yosemite Place Names. Lafayette, California: Great West Books, 1988. p130
  • From World Waterfall database, two more names have been used:
    • Inspiration Falls
    • Meadow Brook Falls

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