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El Cap⋅i⋅tan

[el kap-i-tan]
–noun
a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: precipice that rises over 3300 ft. (1000 m) above Yosemite Valley.
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El Cap·i·tan   (kāp'ĭ-tān')   
A peak, 2,308.5 m (7,569 ft) high, in the Sierra Nevada of central California. Its dramatic exposed monolith rises some 1,098 m (3,600 ft) above the floor of the Yosemite Valley.
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