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mount baker Lexical Profile

• noun

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American An active, heavily glaciated andesitic stratovolcano located in the North Cascades of northwestern Washington state, United States.

Example

"On a clear day, the snow-capped peak of Mount Baker is visible from as far away as Vancouver and Seattle."

Word Origin & Etymology

Named in 1792 after Joseph Baker, a Royal Navy lieutenant on Captain George Vancouver's expedition, who was the first European to spot the peak. The indigenous Nooksack and Lummi people refer to the mountain as 'Koma Kulshan' or simply 'Kulshan'.

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