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    • Mount Washington, is an ultra-prominent mountain in the state of New Hampshire. It is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at 6,288.2 ft (1,916.6 m) and the most topographically prominent mountain east of the Mississippi River. The mountain is notorious for its erratic weather. On the afternoon of April 12, 1934, the Mount Washingto… See more

    History

    Before European settlers arrived in the region, the mountain was known by various indigenous peoples as Kodaak Wadjo ("the top is so hidden" or "summit of the highest mountain") or Agiochook or Agiocochook ("the place … See more

    Climate

    The summit station of Mount Washington has an alpine climate or tundra climate (Köppen ET), although it receives an extremely high amount of precipitation, atypical for most regions with such cold weather. H… See more

    Elevation6,288.3 ft (1,916.7 m)
    LocationSargent's Purchase · Coös County · New Hampshire, U.S.
    Prominence6,148 ft (1,874 m)
    ListingU.S. most isolated peaks 6th · U.S. most prominent peaks 59th · U.S. state high point 18th · New England Fifty Finest 1st · White Mountain 4000-footers 1st · Ultra prominent peak
    Geographical features

    Although the western slope that the Cog Railway ascends is straightforward from base to summit, the mountain's other sides are more complex. On the north side, Great Gulf—the mountain's largest glacial cirque—forms an … See more

    Uses

    The mountain is part of a popular hiking area, with the Appalachian Trail traversing below the summit past one of the Appalachian Mountain Club's eight mountain huts, the Lakes of the Clouds Hut, located on … See more

    Transmission facilities

    Due to its status as the highest elevation in the northeast United States, the top of the mountain is a popular site for stations that require transmission ranges over a broad territory, but which operate on frequencies that are ge… See more

    Deaths

    As of 2019, more than 161 people had died in the Presidential range, since record-keeping began in 1849. Author Nicholas Howe has detailed many of the fatalities on this mountain in his book Not Without Peril published i… See more

    Artistic tributes

    Mount Washington has been the subject of several famous paintings, part of a New England school of art known as White Mountain art. Inspired by the Hudson River School of landscape painting, a number of artists durin… See more

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    Mount Washington is a shield volcano formed by the subduction of the oceanic Juan de Fuca tectonic plate under the continental North American tectonic plate12. It is about 3 miles in diameter and has a summit cone made of cinder, lava flows, and intrusive rocks1. The volcano is less than a few hundred thousand years old and has not erupted in historic time1. The area is on the southeast flank of a large dome, with schistosity due to platy minerals paralleling the bedding3.
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    Mount Washington is a shield volcano about 3 miles (5 km) in diameter. A summit cone, made of cinder, lava flows, and intrusive rocks, caps the shield. The volcano is probably less than a few hundred thousand years old. The most recent eruption was 1,330 years ago. Mount Washington has not erupted in historic time.

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    Like the rest of the Oregon Cascades, Mount Washington was produced by the subduction of the oceanic Juan de Fuca tectonic plate under the continental North American tectonic plate, forming during the late Pleistocene.

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    The Mt. Washington area is on the southeast flank of a large dome, the center of which is occupied by the intrusive Oliverian magma series. The folds in the Presidential Range trend north and northeast. The major folds are en echelon, and upon them are superimposed many minor folds. Schistosity, due to platy minerals, parallels the bedding.

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    Is Mount Washington a watershed?Mount Washington is the watershed of the Androscoggin, Connecticut, and Saco rivers. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen. Mount Washington, mountain in the Presidential Range, the highest (6,288 feet [1,917 metres]) peak of the White Mountains, New Hampshire, U.S.

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    Where is Mount Washington located?Mount Washington still holds the record for highest measured wind speed not associated with a tornado or tropical cyclone. [ 4][ a] The mountain is located in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains, in Coös County, New Hampshire. The mountain is in several unincorporated townships, with the summit in the township of Sargent's Purchase.

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    Where is Mount Washington in New Hampshire?Mount Washington, in the White Mountains, New Hampshire. Mount Washington as seen from the Saco River near Conway, New Hampshire. Mount Washington, mountain in the Presidential Range, the highest (6,288 feet [1,917 metres]) peak of the White Mountains, New Hampshire, U.S. The peak is 23 miles (37 km) north-northwest of Conway.

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    Is Mount Washington part of the White Mountains?Mount Washington is part of a line of summits, the Presidential Range, that are named after U.S. presidents and other prominent Americans. The White Mountains also include the Franconia Range, Sandwich Range, Carter-Moriah Range and Kinsman Range in New Hampshire, and the Mahoosuc Range straddling the border between it and Maine.

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  5. epikgeology.blogspot.com
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    Paleozoic Geologic History of Mt. Washington, White …

    WEBMost of the rocks that make up Mt. Washington were once part of these sediments that were deposited off the eastern coast of Laurentia in the Late Silurian and Early Devonian periods (around 410 Ma; Eusden et al., 1996).

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    WEBMount Washington, mountain in the Presidential Range, the highest (6,288 feet [1,917 metres]) peak of the White Mountains, New Hampshire, U.S. The peak is 23 miles (37 km) north-northwest of Conway. It is …

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  11. Wikipedia
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  12. Volcano World
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    WEBAug 29, 2011 — Mount Washington is a shield volcano about 3 miles (5 km) in diameter. A summit cone, made of cinder, lava flows, and intrusive rocks, caps the shield. The volcano is probably less than a few hundred …

  13. Wikipedia
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    Structure and metamorphism in the Mount Washington

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  18. New England & New York Backcountry & Hiking Forum
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