Mount Rainier

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Cascade Volcano active volcano glaciated volcano mountain stratovolcano

Mount Rainier is a massive glaciated stratovolcano in Washington State and one of the most prominent and potentially hazardous volcanoes in the United States.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mount Rainier, Bay of Tacoma	1
Mount Tacoma	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cascade Volcano ⓘ active volcano ⓘ glaciated volcano ⓘ mountain ⓘ stratovolcano ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
county	Lewis County ⓘ Pierce County ⓘ
elevation	14411 feet ⓘ 4392 meters ⓘ
firstAscent	1870 ⓘ
firstAscentBy	Hazard Stevens ⓘ Philemon Beecher Van Trump ⓘ
geologicalAge	Pleistocene to Holocene ⓘ
glaciatedArea	largest glaciated peak in contiguous United States ⓘ
governingBody	National Park Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Park Service
hasClimbingRoute	Disappointment Cleaver route ⓘ Emmons–Winthrop route ⓘ
hasGlacier	Carbon Glacier ⓘ Emmons Glacier ⓘ Nisqually Glacier ⓘ Tahoma Glacier ⓘ Winthrop Glacier ⓘ
hasTrail	Wonderland Trail ⓘ
hazardType	debris avalanche ⓘ lahar ⓘ pyroclastic flow ⓘ
isHighestPointOf	Cascade Range ⓘ Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington State
isPopularFor	hiking ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ ski touring ⓘ
isVisibleFrom	Seattle ⓘ Tacoma, Washington ⓘ surface form: Tacoma
isVolcanicHazardTo	Puyallup Valley ⓘ Seattle metropolitan area ⓘ Tacoma, Washington ⓘ surface form: Tacoma
lastEruption	19th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Pacific Northwest ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington State
namedAfter	Rear Admiral Peter Rainier ⓘ
namedBy	George Vancouver ⓘ
nationalParkEstablished	1899 ⓘ
nativeName	Tacoma, Washington ⓘ surface form: Tacoma Tahoma ⓘ
partOf	Cascade Range ⓘ Cascade Volcanic Arc ⓘ
prominence	13211 feet ⓘ 4027 meters ⓘ
state	Washington ⓘ
topographicIsolation	greater than 100 kilometers ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	World Heritage tentative list (as part of U.S. national parks proposals) ⓘ
volcanicArcOrBelt	Cascade Volcanic Arc ⓘ
volcanoType	stratovolcano ⓘ
withinProtectedArea	Mount Rainier National Park ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Rainier National Park → contains → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Washington → contains → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Pierce County → hasAreaFeature → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Mount Rainier National Park → hasCentralFeature → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Beacon Hill → hasViewOf → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Elliott Bay → hasViewOf → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Cascade Volcanic Arc → hasVolcano → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Cascade Range → highestPoint → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Washington, United States → highestPoint → Mount Rainier ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington (state)

Cascade Volcanic Arc → highestVolcano → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Ultras of North America → includesPeak → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Mauna Loa → isHigherThan → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Mount Baker → isNorthOf → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Lewis County, Washington → locatedNear → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Tacoma, Washington → locatedNear → Mount Rainier ⓘ

USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory → monitors → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Mount Rainier National Park → namedAfter → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Mount Rainier, Maryland → namedAfter → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Rainier, Oregon → namedAfter → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Tacoma, Washington → namedAfter → Mount Rainier ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Tacoma

Tacoma, Washington → namedAfter → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Cascade Range → notablePeak → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Sanford Robinson Gifford → notableWork → Mount Rainier ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Rainier, Bay of Tacoma

Pacific Crest Trail → passesNear → Mount Rainier ⓘ

Kerry Park → viewOf → Mount Rainier ⓘ