Black Kaweah
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Black Kaweah is a mountain of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge of the California
's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park
. The peak has a local magnetic disturbance that has caused compasses in the vicinity to vary by up to eight degrees.
Fulgurite
s can be found on the peak.
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park
Sequoia National Park
Sequoia National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California, in the United States. It was established on September 25, 1890. The park spans . Encompassing a vertical relief of nearly , the park contains among its natural resources the highest point in the...
. The peak has a local magnetic disturbance that has caused compasses in the vicinity to vary by up to eight degrees.
Fulgurite
Fulgurite
Fulgurites are natural hollow glass tubes formed in quartzose sand, or silica, or soil by lightning strikes. They are formed when lightning with a temperature of at least instantaneously melts silica on a conductive surface and fuses grains together; the fulgurite tube is the cooled product...
s can be found on the peak.