Mount Adams

Mount Adams is a stratovolcano located in the of , . Standing at 12,276 ft feet, it is the second-highest mountain in Washington and a prominent feature within the Cascade Volcanic Arc, which formed as a result of the subduction of the Juan de Fuca Plate beneath the North American Plate.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 12,287 feet
  • Description: Southern Washington stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc
  • Also known as: Klickitat”, “Mt. Adams”, and “Pah-too

Mount Adams

Latitude
46.2024° or 46° 12′ 9″ north
Longitude
-121.49096° or 121° 29′ 27″ west
Elevation
12,287 feet (3,745 metres)
Open location code
84RW6G25+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 356544063
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
5785294
Wiki­data ID
Q267646
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Mount Adams” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جبل آدامز
  • Basque: Adams mendia
  • Cebuano: Mount Adams (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Washington)
  • Cebuano: Mount Adams
  • Chinese: 亞當斯山
  • Czech: Mount Adams
  • Dutch: Mount Adams
  • Egyptian Arabic: جبل مونت ادمس
  • Finnish: Mount Adams
  • French: mont Adams
  • French: Mont Adams
  • German: Mount Adams
  • Icelandic: Mount Adams
  • Indonesian: Gunung Adams
  • Italian: Monte Adams
  • Japanese: アダムス山
  • Japanese: アダムズ山
  • Kazakh: Адамс
  • Korean: 아담스 산
  • Korean: 아담스산
  • Ladin: Mount Adams
  • Malay: Gunung Berapi Adams
  • Occitan (post 1500): Mont Adams
  • Persian: کوه آدامز
  • Polish: Mount Adams
  • Portuguese: Monte Adams
  • Russian: Адамс
  • Serbian: Адамс
  • Slovak: Adams
  • Slovenian: gora Adams
  • Slovenian: Klickitat
  • Slovenian: Mount Adams
  • Slovenian: Mt. Adams
  • Spanish: Monte Adams
  • Swahili: Mlima Adams, Washington
  • Swedish: Mount Adams
  • Turkish: Adams Dağı
  • Urdu: ماؤنٹ ایڈمز
  • Venetian: Monte Adams
  • Vietnamese: Núi Adams
  • Welsh: Mount Adams

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