Mount Baker

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active volcano glaciated volcano mountain stratovolcano

Mount Baker is an active glaciated stratovolcano in the North Cascades of Washington State, known for its heavy snowfall and prominent, snow-covered peak.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano ⓘ
glaciated volcano ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
climbingRoute Coleman–Deming route ⓘ
Easton Glacier route ⓘ
North Ridge route ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
elevation 10781 ft ⓘ
3286 m ⓘ
firstEuropeanSighting 1792 ⓘ
geologicalAge Pleistocene to Holocene ⓘ
hasFeature Sherman Crater ⓘ
extensive glaciation ⓘ
fumaroles ⓘ
heavy snowfall ⓘ
snow-covered peak ⓘ
summit crater ⓘ
hasGlacier Boulder Glacier ⓘ
Coleman Glacier ⓘ
Deming Glacier ⓘ
Easton Glacier ⓘ
Mazama Glacier ⓘ
Park Glacier ⓘ
Rainbow Glacier ⓘ
Squak Glacier ⓘ
Talum Glacier ⓘ
hasIndigenousName Koma Kulshan ⓘ
hasRecord one of the highest seasonal snowfall totals recorded at nearby Mount Baker Ski Area ⓘ
isMonitoredBy USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory ⓘ
surface form: Cascades Volcano Observatory

United States Geological Survey ⓘ
isNorthOf Mount Rainier ⓘ
isOneOf highest peaks in Washington State ⓘ
most heavily glaciated mountains in the Cascade Range after Mount Rainier ⓘ
isPartOf Cascade Range volcanoes ⓘ
isSacredTo Lummi people ⓘ
Nooksack people ⓘ
isSouthOf Canada–United States border ⓘ
isVisibleFrom Bellingham, Washington ⓘ
San Juan Islands ⓘ
Vancouver ⓘ
surface form: Vancouver, British Columbia
lastEruption mid-19th century ⓘ
lastMajorEruptivePeriod 1843–1880s ⓘ
locatedIn Cascade Range ⓘ
Mount Baker Wilderness ⓘ
Cascade Range ⓘ
surface form: North Cascades

Pacific Northwest ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
surface form: Washington State

Whatcom County ⓘ
surface form: Whatcom County, Washington
namedAfter 3rd Lieutenant Joseph Baker ⓘ
namedBy George Vancouver ⓘ
nearbySettlement Deming, Washington ⓘ
Glacier, Washington ⓘ
partOf Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest ⓘ
surface form: Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest
popularFor backcountry skiing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
snowboarding ⓘ
prominence 2713 m ⓘ
8900 ft ⓘ
tectonicSetting subduction of the Juan de Fuca Plate beneath the North American Plate ⓘ
volcanicArc Cascade Volcanic Arc ⓘ
volcanoType stratovolcano ⓘ

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

Whatcom County → hasMountain → Mount Baker ⓘ
Rainier Valley → hasNeighborhood → Mount Baker ⓘ
Cascade Volcanic Arc → hasVolcano → Mount Baker ⓘ
Canada West Coast → nearVolcano → Mount Baker ⓘ
Cascade Range → notablePeak → Mount Baker ⓘ
Rwenzori Mountains → otherHighPeaks → Mount Baker ⓘ