El Capitan

El Capitan is a large piece of granite 3000 feet high. It is the larges single piece of granite. Rock climbers can climb this rock. El Capitan is located in Yosemite Valley. El Capitan got its name from the name Native American named it "to-to-kon-oo- lah". Which meant the "the chief". It then was translated in Spanish to El Capitan