Cascade Volcanoes

would spend the time researching Mount Baker. Mount Baker is located about 30 miles east of Bellingham, Washington. The Cascade Mountain range extends over 140 miles between Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, Canada. Mount Baker is a Stratovolcano, which is also known as a composite volcano, it is also the highest peak in the North Cascades and the fifth highest in the Cascade mountain range (Volcano Hazards Programs). Cities located near Mount Baker include Abbotsford, British Columbia and Bellingham

witnesses to document the actual blast. It wasn’t until Mt. St. Helens that it was recognized that the two blasts were the same style of eruption. ● These “sector collapse” (the name of this type of eruption) have now been identified at over 200 volcanoes around the world. The detailed studies of the sector collapse, the lateral blast, and the large mudflow of this eruption have led to the reassessment of volcano hazards at other sites around the world. This has given these communities a way to become

tall. Geologists say that Mount St. (Saint) Helens is a stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano. Stratovolcano is a volcano that is built upward because of layers of hardened volcanic ash, lava, and other volcanic debris. These kinds of volcanoes are distinguished by their steep sides. They often erupt extremely explosively, putting people and properties nearby at risk. The present-day name, Mount Saint Helens, was received in 1792 by a man named George Vancouver. He was captain of the British

The majestic mountain towers over the Washington state landscape and can be visible from most vantage point in the Seattle metro area. See the main Seattle page here. Mt. Rainier is an active volcano that is always topped with snow. It has 26 main glaciers - the most on any mountain in the lower 48 US states. It is more than 14 thousand feet high and spawns 6 major rivers and many waterfalls. The national park around the mountain was established in 1899 as the fifth national park in the United

The preposterous phrase; I would never jump out of a perfectly good airplane is a phrase that all of us have heard one time or another. Why do some use that phrase? Several times I recall using it. I know I’ve used it to deflect the truth that I can be quail or lack pure and simple bravery. I would never parachute out of a perfectly working airplane. In fact, I probably would need a courtesy push out of an airplane that was not working properly. Think about it. Chances are that someone you do not

and she was never able to finish them. She ate half of it and gave the rest to Kiwi who was exuberant when she saw the gift. ”Ok, so we’ve climbed four. Hey! That’s only one left,” Kailani walked to her car and took out the paper she wrote all the volcanoes that she had to climb on then sat down beside Kiwi who was still happily munching away at her lunch. “No, no, no, no,” Kiwi looked up. “The last volcano left...it’s Mauna Loa. I forgot we’d have to climb it. It’s not only the largest volcano in Hawaii

ranks number 9 in the world. The way this massively deep lake was formed was due to the collapse of a volcano ,known as Mount Mazama. Its max depth is 1.949ft. Oregon consists of 6 different areas. The coast, Klamath mountains , Willamette lowlands,Cascade Mountains, Columbia Plateau , and the basin and range region. The Pacific shoreline of Oregon is bordered by narrow coastal plains of sandy beaches, luxuriant

Of the volcanoes that are located in the United States there are two which are world renowned for their activity and their power to change the region surrounding them. The two volcanoes would be Mount Saint Helens and Mount Kilauea. In order to get a better understanding of these volcanoes we will be comparing and contrasting them as well as talking about how they were formed and when they last had an eruption. Let’s begin with Mount St. Helens which is located in the pacific northwest of the United

instances of solid rock blasted in order to clear a way for the road. These mass capacities of the same rock are plutons that have been uplifted over geologic time1. Tonalitic plutons consisting of primarily granodiorite and quartz are all over the Cascade Range, forming the Grotto/Index (~25m.y.) and Snoqualmie (~18m.y.) Batholiths of common rock types. More recent Swauk sedimentary structures are seen as overlap from the nearby Blewitt (formerly Swauk) Pass region, likely formed as result of the last

myself, was last summer when my boyfriend and I drove to Washington. It was the most beautiful, peaceful looking mountain I have ever seen. However, underneath it's great beauty, it hides a deadly secret. Mt. Rainier is one of the most dangerous volcanoes that we have here in the United States. One of the reasons it is so dangerous is because of it's great beauty. People enjoy looking at it, and the area that surrounds it, so they have made their homes here. Mt Rainier is not the only volcano I am