South Sister

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South Sister is the highest and youngest of Oregon’s Three Sisters volcanoes, known for its prominent glaciated peak and popular hiking routes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dormant volcano
mountain
stratovolcano
composition andesite
basaltic andesite
dacite
country United States
elevation 10363 ft
3158 m
geologicalAge Pleistocene to Holocene
hasGlaciatedPeak true
hasGlacier Carver Glacier NERFINISHED
Clark Glacier NERFINISHED
Diller Glacier NERFINISHED
Lewis Glacier NERFINISHED
Lost Creek Glacier NERFINISHED
Prouty Glacier NERFINISHED
Skinner Glacier NERFINISHED
hasPopularRoute Climber trail from Devils Lake
Green Lakes route
South Ridge route
hasSummitFeature Teardrop Pool
summit crater
hasSummitLake Teardrop Pool
hasSummitViewOf Broken Top
Middle Sister
Mount Bachelor NERFINISHED
North Sister
isAlsoKnownAs Charity
isClimbedInSeason summer
isHighestOf Three Sisters
isYoungestOf Three Sisters
lastEruption Holocene
locatedIn Deschutes County, Oregon NERFINISHED
Oregon
United States
locatedInProtectedArea Three Sisters Wilderness
managedBy U.S. Forest Service
mountainRange Cascade Range
nearCity Bend, Oregon NERFINISHED
Sisters, Oregon
partOf Cascade Range
Three Sisters
popularFor backpacking
hiking
mountaineering
prominence 1025 m
3363 ft
relativeLocation south of Middle Sister
south of North Sister
state Oregon
volcanicArc Cascade Volcanic Arc
volcanoType composite volcano
within Deschutes National Forest


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