Earth:Battle Ax
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Short description: Mountain in Oregon, United States
| Battle Ax | |
|---|---|
  Battle Ax Location in Oregon | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,566 ft (1,697 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 1,018 ft (310 m) [2] |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 44°49′36″N 122°08′23″W / 44.826610442°N 122.139590469°W [1] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Marion County, Oregon, U.S. |
| Parent range | Cascades |
| Topo map | USGS Battle Ax |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | 1 to 2 million years |
| Mountain type | Shield volcano |
| Volcanic arc | Cascade Volcanic Arc |
| Last eruption | 1 million years ago |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Trail hike[3] |
Battle Ax[4] is a shield volcano in the West Cascade Range of Oregon. The shield is mostly made of andesite.[5] The summit, which can be reached via the Battle Ax Mountain trail,[3] marks the boundary between the Mount Hood National Forest and the Willamette National Forest as well as the boundary between the Opal Creek Wilderness and the Bull of the Woods Wilderness.[2]
Battle Ax was supposedly named after the variety of chewing tobacco used by a local logger.[6][7]
See also
- List of volcanoes in the United States
- Cascade Volcanoes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Battle Ax". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=QE1686.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Battle Ax, Oregon". https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=28650.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Battle Ax Mountain Trail #3340". Willamette National Forest, USDA Forest Service. http://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/willamette/recreation.
- ↑ "Battle Ax". United States Geological Survey. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1137578.
- ↑ "Battle Ax Mountain, Oregon". Volcano World. Oregon State University. Archived from the original on 2013-03-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20130331145503/http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/north_america/battle_ax_mountain.html. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ↑ Reed, Ione (December 25, 1971). "What, Indeed, Is in a Name?". Eugene Register-Guard: pp. 8. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KdszAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3625%2C6810275. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- ↑ Template:Cite ogn
External links
- "Battle Ax". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/151258.
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