Mount Adams
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Southern Washington stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc
Key facts
- Elevation
- 12,281 ft (3,743 m) NAVD 88
- Prominence
- 8,116 ft (2,474 m)
- Isolation
- 46.1 mi (74.2 km)
- Listing
- North America prominent peaks 37th
- Etymology
- John Adams
- Location
- Yakama Nation / Skamania County , Washington , U.S.
- Parent range
- Cascade Range
- Topo map
- USGS Mount Adams East
- Rock age
- Less than 520,000 years
- Mountain type
- Stratovolcano
- Volcanic arc
- Cascade Volcanic Arc
- Last eruption
- 950 CE
- First ascent
- 1854 by A.G. Aiken and party
- Easiest route
- South Climb Trail #183
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 3743.4
- Image
- Mount Adams.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mount Adams (Washington)
- Commons gallery
- Mount Adams (Washington)
- topographic prominence
- 2474
- native label
- Klickitat
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Article
Mount Adams is a stratovolcano located in the Cascade Range of Washington, United States. Standing at 12,276 ft (3,742 m) feet, it is the second-highest mountain in Washington and a prominent feature within the Cascade Volcanic Arc, which formed as a result of the subduction of the Juan de Fuca Plate beneath the North American Plate. Adams is near two more-frequently erupting neighbors, Mount St Helens and Mount Rainier. It has twelve named glaciers descending its slopes.
Geologically, Mount Adams first formed in the Pleistocene. Its construction involved multiple eruptive phases, the first around 500,000 years ago, followed by the development of the modern cone around 10,000 years ago. The last known lava flow was approximately 1,000 years ago. The volcano has the potential for future hazards, including lahars, pyroclastic flows, and ashfall. Its deeply eroded flanks drain into major regional rivers like the Cispus, Klickitat and Lewis Rivers.
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