Mountains of oregon

PACIFIC NORTHWEST MOUNTAINSMATTHEW CIRAULO TECH IN ED FEBRUARY 11TH

INTRODUCTION

As someone who is not originally from Oregon I find it hard to situate myself with the nearest landmarks. To familiarize myself with the numerous Mountains in the Pacific Northwest I decided to give a little tour of the local Mountains in Oregon and Washington.

Mount Hood

MOUNT HOOD

• Mount Hood is a stratovolcano (a volcano built of of alternate layers of ash and lava)

• Last eruption: 1866

• Mount Hood elevation is 11,250 feet

Question:

• who were the First Ascenders who hiked Mount Hood?

All pictures are taken from Google Earth All information is taken from Wikipedia

Mount Jefferson

MOUNT JEFFERSON

• Mount Jefferson is another stratovolcano

• It is the second highest mountain in Oregon.

• Mount Jefferson elevation is 10,495 feet

• The last time it eruption was in 950 AD

Question:

What is the first highest mountain in Oregon?


Mount Thielsen

MOUNT THIELSEN

• Mount Thielsen is also known as Big Cowhorn

• It is an extinct shield volcano

• The elevation is 9,183 feet

Question:

Which Mountain is Mount Thielsen by? (Not on this Power Point)


Mount McLoughlin

MOUNT MCLOUGHLIN

• Mount McLoughlin is a steep-sided lava cone built on top of a composite volcano

• Located in the Cascade Range of southern Oregon

• the elevation is 9,495 feet

What Mountain Range is it apart of?


Mount St. Helens

MOUNT SAINT HELEN

• Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington

• It is 96 miles south of Seattle, Washington, and 50 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon.

• Its last big eruption was in 1980

• Elevation is 8,366 feet

Question

• What is Mount Saint Helen referred as?


ANSWER SLIDE

#1…Henry Pittock, W. Lymen Chittenden, Wilbur Cornell, T.A. Wood

#2…Mount Hood

#3… Mount Bailey

#4…Cascade Range

#5… Louwala-Clough


Mountains of oregon

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