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This article is about the mountain range in Yosemite National Park. For the mountain range in Australia, see Cathedral Range (Victoria).

Coordinates: 37°44′21.750″N 119°16′18.529″W / 37.739375°N 119.27181361°W

Cathedral Range
Mountain Range
Country	United States
State	California
District	Madera County

Coordinates	37°44′21.750″N 119°16′18.529″W / 37.739375°N 119.27181361°W / 37.739375; -119.27181361
Highest point
- elevation	3,984 m (13,071 ft)

Timezone	Pacific (UTC-8)
- summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)

Topo map	USGS Mount Lyell

location of Cathedral Range in California ^[1]

The Cathedral Range is a mountain range immediately to the South of Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park, USA. It is a beautiful range, sculpted by glaciers out of granite. The tops of the peaks in the range were above the level of the highest glaciation, and are therefore uneroded and spire-like. The range is named after Cathedral Peak, which is shaped like a cathedral, because of this differential erosion.