Mount Walkinshaw
Mount Walkinshaw | |
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The Citadel [1] | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 7,378 ft (2,249 m)[2] |
Prominence | 378 ft (115 m)[2] |
Parent peak | Mount Clark |
Coordinates | 47°50′55″N 123°14′14″W / 47.848579°N 123.23717°W[2] |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | class 3 via West Side or Gray Wolf Ridge[3] |
Mount Walkinshaw is a 7,378-foot (2,249 m) mountain
History
Originally known as The Citadel, the Mount Walkinshaw toponym was officially adopted in 1965 to commemorate Robert B. Walkinshaw (1884-1963), author and lawyer whose conservation efforts contributed to the establishment of Olympic National Park.[4][5][6] The mountain's name was submitted for consideration by Walter Walkinshaw, the son of Robert, with the location chosen to be next to Mount Clark, named for Irving M. Clark who was also a Seattle conservationist, and an old acquaintance of Robert Walkinshaw.[5]
The first ascent of the peak was made in 1961 by Joe Munson and Jim Parolini.[3]
Climate
Mount Walkinshaw is located in the
Geology
The Olympic Mountains are composed of obducted clastic wedge material and oceanic crust, primarily Eocene sandstone, turbidite, and basaltic oceanic crust.[9] The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene era by erosion and glaciers advancing and retreating multiple times. Mt. Walkinshaw has a small rocky summit about 10 feet in diameter.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Olympic Mountains: A Climbing Guide, Olympic Mountain Rescue, Fourth Edition, 2006, The Mountaineers Books, page 146
- ^ a b c d "Mount Walkinshaw". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
- ^ a b c Mount Walkinshaw climbersguideolympics.com
- ^ Parratt, Smitty (1984). Gods and Goblins: A Field Guide to Place Names of Olympic National Park (1st ed.).
- ^ a b c "Mount Walkinshaw". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
- ^ Olympic Mountains: A Climbing Guide, Olympic Mountain Rescue, Fourth Edition, 2006, The Mountaineers Books, page 146
- ISSN 1027-5606.
- ^ a b McNulty, Tim (2009). Olympic National Park: A Natural History. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press.
- ISBN 0-87842-160-2.
External links
- Weather forecast: Mount Walkinshaw
- "Olympic National Park". National Park Service.