Tahoma

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Tahoma is the Indigenous name commonly used by local Native American tribes for Mount Rainier, a prominent stratovolcano in Washington State.

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Tahoma canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic feature
mountain
sacred site
stratovolcano
alsoKnownAs Mount Rainier
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Lewis County
Pierce County
Yakima County, Washington
surface form: Yakima County
elevationFeet 14411
elevationMeters 4392
firstRecordedAscentBy Hazard Stevens
P. B. Van Trump
firstRecordedAscentYear 1870
geologicalAge Pleistocene to Holocene
hasGlacier Carbon Glacier
Nisqually Glacier
surface form: Cowlitz Glacier

Emmons Glacier
Ingraham Glacier
Kautz Glacier
Nisqually Glacier
Puyallup Glacier
Tahoma Glacier
Winthrop Glacier
hasNameMeaning often interpreted as "mother of waters" or "snowy peak"
hasProtectedStatus national park core feature
hasVolcanoNumber 321030
isConsidered active volcano
isHighestPointOf Cascade Range
Washington State, United States
surface form: Washington State
isMajorClimbingDestination true
isMonitoredBy USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory
surface form: Cascades Volcano Observatory

United States Geological Survey
isPartOf Pacific Northwest
isSacredTo Cowlitz Indian Tribe
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
surface form: Muckleshoot Tribe

Nisqually Indian Tribe
Puyallup Tribe
Yakama Nation
isSourceOfRiver Carbon River
Cowlitz River
Nisqually River
Puyallup River
White River
isVisibleFrom Olympia
Seattle
Tacoma, Washington
surface form: Tacoma
lastEruptionApproximateYear 1894
locatedIn United States of America
surface form: United States

Washington
surface form: Washington State
locatedInNationalPark Mount Rainier National Park
locatedInRange Cascade Range
mountainType stratovolcano
prominenceFeet 13211
prominenceMeters 4027
state Washington
traditionalNameLanguage Cowlitz language
surface form: Puyallup language

Lushootseed
surface form: Southern Lushootseed
volcanicArcOrBelt Cascade Volcanic Arc
volcanoType glaciated stratovolcano

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Mount Rainier nativeName Tahoma
Tahoma Glacier namedAfter Tahoma