Mount Hood
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- Oregon Encyclopedia - Mount Hood, Oregon, United States
- ScholarWorks at Central Washington University - Historical Glacier and Climate Fluctuations at Mount Hood, Oregon
- Oregon State University - Volcano World - Hood
- USGS - Mount Hood, Oregon, United States
- Oregon State University - Watershed Processes Group - Geologic History of Mount Hood Volcano, Oregon - A Field-Trip GuideBook
Mount Hood, highest peak (11,239 feet [3,425 metres]) inOregon, U.S., and the fourth highest peak in theCascade Range, 45 miles (70 km) east-southeast ofPortland. It is a dormantvolcano that last erupted about 1865, with minor steam and ash (tephra) emissions in 1903;debris flows, glacial flooding, and earthquakes regularly occur there. First sighted in 1792 by the English navigator William Broughton, and named for the Britishadmiral Lord Hood, the snowcapped peak was used as a landmark by early settlers. Twelve glaciers and snowfields cover approximately 80 percent of Mount Hood’s cone above the 6,890-foot (2,100-metre) level.
Mount Hood is the focal point ofMount Hood National Forest, a popular tourist and recreation area that extends along the Cascade Range from theColumbia River.