Mount Anderson (Washington)
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Mount Anderson is a 7,330-foot-high (2,234 m) peak in the Olympic Mountains of the Pacific Northwest. Rising in the center of Olympic National Park in Washington state, it is the second highest peak on the Anderson Massif, after West Peak.[3] Anderson Glacier used to be located in a cirque on the mountain's southern flank while Eel Glacier is in another cirque, northwest of the summit. Hanging Glacier is on the east side of a ridge which extends north from the peak.
Mount Anderson | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 7,330 ft (2,234 m)[1] |
Prominence | 721 ft (220 m)[2] |
Coordinates | 47°43′16″N 123°19′54″W[1] |
Naming | |
Etymology | Thomas M. Anderson |
Geography | |
Parent range | Olympic Mountains |
Topo map | USGS Mount Steel |
Anderson is at the center of three major watersheds in the Olympic Range.[4] Most of the water which falls on the massif flows into the Dosewallips River which drains, by way of the Hood Canal, into Puget Sound. The drainage from the west side flows down the Quinault River and into the Pacific, while some of the water on the mountain's northwest side flows into the Hayes River which finds its way north, to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.[5]
Mount Anderson was named by army Lieutenant Joseph O'Neil for his commanding officer, Thomas M. Anderson.[6] It was first climbed in 1920 by Fairman B. Lee and a party of 13.[7]