Burro Pass, elevation 11,100 feet (3,400 m), is a mountain pass in Yosemite National Park, United States.[1]

A United States Geological Survey topographer named the gap after his burro.[2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Burro Pass
  2. ↑ Browning, Peter (2005). Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. Great West Books. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-944220-19-1.

38°05′25″N 119°23′37″W / 38.0904°N 119.3937°W / 38.0904; -119.3937

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