Mount Olympus (Washington)
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| height | 2432 m |
| location | Washington , USA |
| Mountains | Olympic Mountains |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 48 '5 " N , 123 ° 42' 39" W |
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| rock | Eocene |
| First ascent | 1907 by LA Nelson a . team |
The Mount Olympus is the most famous and with a height of 2,432 meters , according to other sources, only 2,428 m meters the highest mountain in the Olympic Mountains on the Olympic Peninsula in the west of the US state of Washington .
geography
The mountain lies in the center of the Olympic Mountains and can be seen as far as Seattle, 100 kilometers away ; from there, however, Mount Constance catches the eye. Since Mount Olympus is an obstacle for the clouds coming from the west from the Pacific, which release their moisture here, the area is one of the wettest in North America. The large amounts of snow lead to a high degree of glaciation . Mount Olympus has a total of eight glaciers and is one of the main attractions in Olympic National Park .
The mountain has three peaks, the highest of which is the western peak. The central peak is 2,417 m , the East Summit 2366 m high.
history
The Indians living here believed that Mount Olympus was the home of the thunderbird , which could generate lightning and rain. They avoided the area around the mountain.
The Spanish navigator Juan José Pérez Hernández is considered the first European to describe the mountain; he passed here on his voyage of discovery along the west coast in 1774. He named the mountain Cerro Nevada de Santa Rosalia (snowy peak of Saint Rosalia ). The current name "Mount Olympus" comes from the English navigator John Meares , who saw him on his voyage in 1788.
At the end of the 19th century, at the suggestion of the governor, the area was first explored by several expeditions. On August 13, 1907, the summit was climbed by LA Nelson and ten other climbers for the first time. Part of the group had already reached the lower eastern peak the day before, the lowest middle peak had already been climbed earlier.
Web links
- Mount Olympus near Bivouac
- Mount Olympus at Peakware (English)
- Mount Olympus on Peakbagger.com (English)
- Summit Post
Individual evidence
- ↑ Altitude according to the National Geodetic Survey
- ↑ http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150427/mount-olympus.html
- ^ Karl Gratzl: Myth Mountain. Lexicon of the important mountains from mythology, cultural history and religion . Hollinek, Purkersdorf 2000, ISBN 3-85119-280-X , p. 280-282 .
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
