Olympic Mountains (Wash.)
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- Washington place names database, via WWW, Oct. 31, 2002:Olympic Mountains (This group of mountain peaks occupies a large part of the Olympic Peninsula in northwest Washington including major portions of Clallam, Jefferson, Grays Harbor, and Mason counties. Heavily glaciated in the interior portions, these peaks have elevations up to 7,965 ft. The more scenic mountains are within Olympic National Park, with a perimeter of lower peaks and dense forest in Olympia National Forest. Other names that have been given are Olympus Range, Olympian Mountains, and Coast Range. Classification as a range is contested by some geographers because the mountains have no central axis. The name is for Mt. Olympus. Mount Olympus (Mount Olympus ... is the highest peak in the Olympic Range))
- Columbia gaz. of North Amer., via WWW, Oct. 31, 2002(Olympic Mountains, range, highest part of the Coast Ranges, on the Olympic Peninsula, NW Wash.)
Wikipedia description:
The Olympic Mountains are a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are not especially high – Mount Olympus is the highest summit at 7,980 ft (2,432 m); however, the eastern slopes rise precipitously out of Puget Sound from sea level, and the western slopes are separated from the Pacific Ocean by the low-lying 20 to 35 km (12 to 22 mi) wide Pacific Ocean coastal plain. These densely forested western slopes are the wettest place in the 48 contiguous states. Most of the mountains are protected within the bounds of Olympic National Park and adjoining segments of Olympic National Forest. The mountains are located in western Washington in the United States, spread out across four counties: Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson and Mason. Physiographically, they are a section of the larger Pacific Border province, which is in turn a part of the larger Pacific Mountain System.
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