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Olympic Mountains
Range
none The Olympic Mountains
The Olympic Mountains
Country United States
State Washington
Part of Pacific Coast Ranges
Highest point Mount Olympus
 - elevation 7,962 ft (2,427 m)
 - coordinates 47°48′04″N 123°42′39″W / 47.80111, -123.71083

The Olympic Mountains are a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of western Washington in the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Pacific Coast Ranges are the series of Mountain ranges that stretch along the west coast of North America from Alaska to northern and central Mexico Mount Olympus is the tallest and most prominent mountain in the Olympic Mountains range of Western Washington. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys Geography The Olympic Peninsula is home to some of the only Temperate rain forests in the world including the Hoh, Queets, and Quinault Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The mountains are not especially high - Mount Olympus is the highest at 7,962 ft (2,427 m) - but the western slopes of the Olympics face the Pacific Ocean and are thus the wettest place in the 48 contiguous states; the Hoh Ranger Station in the Hoh Rain Forest records an average of 360 cm (142 in) of rainfall each year. A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak Mount Olympus is the tallest and most prominent mountain in the Olympic Mountains range of Western Washington. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions The Hoh Rain Forest is one of the few Temperate rain forests in the world and is also one of the largest Rain is Liquid precipitation. On Earth it is the condensation of atmospheric Water vapor into drops heavy enough to fall often making it to Most of the mountains are protected within the bounds of the Olympic National Park. Olympic National Park is located in the US state of Washington, in the Olympic Peninsula. Physiographically, they are a section of the larger Pacific Border province, which in turn are part of the larger Pacific Mountain System physiographic division. Physiographic regions of the US Interior (See legend) For

The mountains were originally called "Sun-a-do" by the Duwamish Indians, while the first European to see them, the Spanish navigator Juan Perez, named them "Sierra Nevada de Santa Rosalia", in 1774. The Duwamish tribe (dxʷdɐwʔabʃ in Lushootseed is a Native American tribe in western Washington, and the indigenous people of metropolitan Seattle. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a But the English captain John Meares, seeing them in 1788, thought them beautiful enough for the gods to dwell there, and named them "Mount Olympus" after the one in Greece. John Meares ( c 1756 &ndash 1809, a native of Dublin was a Navigator and explorer best known for his role in initiating a crisis that led to the Vancouver Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Alternate proposals never caught on, and in 1864 the Seattle Weekly Gazette persuaded the government to make the present-day name official. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Though readily visible from most parts of western Washington, the interior was almost entirely unexplored until the 1890s. The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the " Mauve Decade" because William Henry Perkin 's aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that Mount Olympus itself was not ascended until 1907, one of the first successes of The Mountaineers, which had been organized in Seattle just a few years earlier. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Mountaineers is an outdoor recreation and awareness group based in Seattle, Washington and is the third largest group of its kind in the country A number of the more obscure and least-accessible peaks in the range weren't ascended until the 1970s.

The Olympic Mountains in winter, as seen from the east. The Brothers is the large double peak on the left, and Mount Constance is on the right.
The Olympic Mountains in winter, as seen from the east. The Brothers is the large double peak on the left, and Mount Constance is on the right.

The Olympics have the form of a cluster of steep-sided peaks surrounded by heavily-forested foothills and incised by deep valleys.

The climax forests consist of Sitka spruce and western hemlock. A forest is an area with a high density of Trees There are many definitions of a forest based on various criteria The Sitka Spruce ( Picea sitchensis) is a large Coniferous Evergreen Tree growing to 50-70 m tall exceptionally to 100 m tall and Tsuga heterophylla ( Western Hemlock) is a species of hemlock native to the west coast of North America, with its northwestern limit on the Douglas fir occurs in groves. Douglas-fir is the common name applied to coniferous Trees of the Genus Pseudotsuga in the family Pinaceae. Other types of firs may be seen also. Firs ( Abies) are a genus of between 45-55 species of Evergreen conifers in the family Pinaceae. Clearings in the forest quickly become covered with vine maple, slide alder, and devil's club, making cross-country travel most challenging. Acer ( maple) is a Genus of Trees or Shrubs They are variously classified in a family of their own the Aceraceae, or Alder is the common name of a Genus of Flowering plants ( Alnus) belonging to the Birch family (Family Betulaceae) Devil's Club ( Oplopanax horridus, Araliaceae; syn Echinopanax horridus, Fatsia horrida) is a large Shrub native to

Another consequence of the high precipitation is the large number of snowfields and glaciers, reaching down to 1,500 m (5,000 ft) above sea level. "Glacial" and "Glaciation" redirect here For the geological periods see Glacial period.

The Mount Olympus National Monument was proclaimed by Theodore Roosevelt in 1909, and made into a park in 1938. Olympic National Park is located in the US state of Washington, in the Olympic Peninsula. Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Principal summits:

Other Summits

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Geology

The Olympic Mountains are made up of an obducted clastic wedge material and oceanic crust. A prominent peak of the Olympic Mountains in Washington state The Brothers are located near Hood Canal on the boundary of the Olympic National Park and At 7788 feet (2374 m above sea level Mount Deception is the highest peak of the northeastern Olympic Mountains, in western Washington 's Olympic National Mount Angeles is located just south of Port Angeles, Washington in the Olympic National Park near the popular Hurricane Ridge Lake Crescent is a deep Lake located in Clallam County Washington, originally named Lake Everett The Elwha River is a 45-mile-long River located on the Olympic Peninsula in the U Mount Storm King is located within the Olympic National Park about 20 miles west of Port Angeles Washington. Lake Crescent is a deep Lake located in Clallam County Washington, originally named Lake Everett Clastic rocks are composed of fragments or clasts, of pre-existing rock. They are primarly Eocene sandstones, turbidites, and basaltic oceanic crust(1). Turbidite Geological formations have their origins in Turbidity current deposits, which are deposits from a form of underwater Avalanche that Basalt (bəˈsɔːlt ˈbeisɔːlt ˈbæsɔːlt is a common Extrusive Volcanic rock.

References

(1). D. D. Alt, and D. W. Hyndman, 1984, Roadside Geology of Washington, p249-258

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External links

The Mountaineers is an outdoor recreation and awareness group based in Seattle, Washington and is the third largest group of its kind in the country
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