Mount Baker: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

For the Ruwenzori summit, see Mount Baker (Ruwenzoris).

Mount Baker

Mount Baker from the Northeast
Elevation: 10,778 ft (3,285 m)
Latitude: 48° 46′ 36.48″ N
Longitude: 121° 48′ 51.84″ W
Location: Washington State, USA
Topo map: USGS Mount Baker
Range: Cascades
Type: Composite volcano
Age of rock:
Mount Baker from the Northeast
Elevation: 10,778 ft (3,285 m)
Latitude: 48° 46′ 36.48″ N
Longitude: 121° 48′ 51.84″ W
Location: Washington State, USA
Topo map: USGS Mount Baker
Range: Cascades
Type: Composite volcano
Age of rock: Koma Kulshan, meaning "white, steep mountain."

In 1999, Mount Baker set the (unofficial) world record for snowfall in a single season. (1124 inches/93.67 feet/2855 cm) (see http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/extremes/1999/may/extremes0599.html for more detail)

It offers some of the best skiing in the Northwest United States.

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