Mount Baker

Also known as Koma Kulshan, Kulshan, Qwú’mə Kwəlshéːn, Kw’eq Smaenit, Kwelshán, Mt. Baker

stratovolcano in Washington State, United States

Key facts

Elevation: 10,786 ft (3,288 m) NAVD 88
Prominence: 8,812 ft (2,686 m)
Isolation: 211.66 km (131.52 mi)
Listing: North America prominent peak 28th North America isolated peaks 98th Cascade volcanoes
Etymology: Joseph Baker
Native name: Kweq' Smánit ( Nooksack ) təqʷubəʔ ( Lushootseed ) Kwelshan ( Lummi ) Kwelxá:lxw ( Halkomelem ) kʷəlhéləxʷ ( Thompson )
Location: Whatcom County , Washington State , U.S.
Parent range: Cascade Range
Topo map: USGS Mount Baker
Formed by: Subduction zone volcanism
Rock age: Less than 140,000 years
Mountain type

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The east side of Mount Baker in 2001. Sherman Crater is the deep depression south of the summit.

Mount Baker, also known as Koma Kulshan or simply Kulshan, is a 10,781-foot (3,286 m) active glacier-covered andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington State in the United States. Mount Baker has the second-most thermally active crater in the Cascade Range after Mount St. Helens. About 30 miles (48 km) due east of the city of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Mount Baker is the youngest volcano in the Mount Baker volcanic field. While volcanism has persisted here for some 1.5 million years, the current volcanic cone is likely no more than 140,000 years old, and possibly no older than 80–90,000 years. Older volcanic edifices have mostly eroded away due to glaciation.