The Olympic Mountains

The Olympic Mountains are a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of western Washington in the United States. The mountains are not especially high - Mount Olympus is the highest at 2428 m (7965 ft) - but the western slopes of the Olympics face the Pacific Ocean and are thus the wettest place in the 48 contiguous states; the Hoh Ranger Station in the Hoh Rain Forest records an average of 360 cm (142 in) of rainfall each year. Most of the mountains are protected within the bounds of the Olympic National Park. Olympic Mountains - NPS photo from [1] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Olympic Mountains - NPS photo from [1] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The most general definition of mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... The Olympic Peninsula is the large arm of land in western Washington state that lies across Puget Sound from Seattle. ... State nickname: The Evergreen State Other U.S. States Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Governor Christine Gregoire (D) Official languages None Area 184,824 km² (18th)  - Land 172,587 km²  - Water 12,237 km² (6. ... Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... For other peaks with the same name, see Olympus (disambiguation). ... Entrance to the Hoh Rainforest in Washington states Olympic National Park The Hoh Rain Forest is one of the few temperate rain forests in the world. ... Rain falling For other uses see Rain (disambiguation). ... Olympic National Park, or ONP, is a national park in the United States National Park system. ...

The mountains were originally called "Sun-a-do" by the Duwamish Indians, while the first European to see them, the Spanish navigator Juan Perez, named them "Sierra Nevada de Santa Rosalia", in 1774. But the English captain John Meares, seeing them in 1788, thought them beautiful enough for the gods to dwell there, and named them "Mount Olympus" after the one in Greece. Alternate proposals never caught on, and in 1864 the Seattle Weekly Gazette persuaded the government to make the present-day name official. Though readily visible from most parts of western Washington, the interior was almost entirely unexplored until the 1890s. Mount Olympus itself was not ascended until 1907, one of the first successes of The Mountaineers, which had been organized in Seattle just a few years earlier. Duwamish (the People of the Inside) is a Native American tribe in western Washington. ... 1774 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... John Meares (1756-1801) was an English navigator. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Seattle skyline City nickname: The Emerald City Location of Seattle in King County and Washington State County King Mayor Greg Nickels (NP) Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 369. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that color in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

The Olympics have the form of a cluster of steep-sided peaks surrounded by heavily-forested foothills and incised by deep valleys.

The climax forests consist of Sitka spruce and western hemlock. Douglas fir occurs in groves. Other types of firs may be seen also. Clearings in the forest quickly become covered with vine maple, slide alder, and devil's club, making cross-country travel most challenging. A dense growth of softwoods (a forest) in the Sierra Nevada Range of Northern California A forest is an area with a high density of trees (or, historically, an area set aside for hunting). ... Binomial name Picea sitchensis (Bong. ... Species Eastern Hemlock Carolina Hemlock Taiwan Hemlock Northern Japanese Hemlock Himalayan Hemlock Forrests Hemlock Western Hemlock Mountain Hemlock Southern Japanese Hemlock Tsuga is a genus of conifers in the family Pinaceae. ... Species See text. ... Species See text. ... The MAPLE dedicated isotope-production facility is a current project jointly undertaken by AECL and MDS Nordion. ... Species About 20-30 species, see text. ... Binomial nomenclature Oplopanax horridus (Sm. ...

Another consequence of the high precipitation is the large number of snowfields and glaciers, reaching down to 1,500 m (5,000 ft) above sea level. This article is about the geographical formation. ...

The Mount Olympus National Monument was proclaimed by Theodore Roosevelt in 1909, and made into a park in 1938. Order: 26th President Vice President: Charles Warren Fairbanks Term of office: September 14, 1901 – March 3, 1909 Preceded by: William McKinley Succeeded by: William Howard Taft Date of birth: October 27, 1858 Place of birth: New York City Date of death: January 6, 1919 Place of death: Oyster Bay, New... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Principal summits:

• Mount Olympus - highest point, eight glaciers
• Mount Constance - largest peak visible from Seattle
• Mount Anderson - hydrographic center of the Olympic Mountains: From this peak, rivers flow outward to the Pacific Ocean, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and Hood Canal.
• The Brothers - double peak visible from Seattle

For other peaks with the same name, see Olympus (disambiguation). ... Mount Constance is a 7,756 foot peak in the Olympic Mountains of Washington State. ... Hydrography is the measurement of physical characteristics of waters and marginal land. ... The Strait of Juan de Fuca separates Vancouver Island from the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state. ... Hood Canal, despite its name, is a fjord off Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington, with an average width of 1. ...

Reference

• Olympic Mountain Rescue, Climber's Guide to the Olympic Mountains (Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1979)

Additonal principal summit - Mount Deception This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... At 7788 feet above sea level, Mount Deception is the tallest peak of the northeastern Olympic Mountains, in western Washington States Olympic National Park. ...