Mount Rainier

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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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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

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Carbon River sourceLocation Mount Rainier
CVO monitors Mount Rainier
subject surface form: Cascades Volcano Observatory
Washington State, United States highestPoint Mount Rainier
subject surface form: Washington (state)
Gig Harbor hasViewOf Mount Rainier
Bonney Lake locatedNear Mount Rainier
Tipsoo Lake hasViewOf Mount Rainier