Lawetlat'la / Mount St. Helens

Lawetlat'la / Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens, Washington (WA), US
Mount St. Helens (AKA Lawetlat'la to the Cowlitz people, and Loowit or Louwala-Clough to the Klickitat) is an active stratovolcano in Skamania County, WA . It lies 83 km NE of Portland and 158 km south of Seattle. The mountain takes its English name from the British diplomat Lord St Helens, a friend of explorer George Vancouver who surveyed the area in the late 1700s. The volcano is part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Mount St. Helens (AKA Lawetlat'la to the Cowlitz people, and Loowit or Louwala-Clough to the Klickitat) is an active stratovolcano in Skamania County, WA . It lies 83 km NE of Portland and 158 km south of Seattle. The mountain takes its English name from the British diplomat Lord St Helens, a friend of explorer George Vancouver who surveyed the area in the late 1700s. The volcano is part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
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@ 2005-07-15 17:24:33
This looks absolutely amazing on Google Earth!

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