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As stated in the foundation document: [12] The purpose of Olympic National Park is to preserve for the benefit, use, and enjoyment of the people, a large wilderness park containing the finest sample of primeval forest of Sitka spruce, western hemlock, Douglas fir, and western red cedar in the entire United States; to provide suitable winter range and permanent protection for the herds of ...
University of Washington, 1915 Training for Olympic diving competition requires 10-meter diving facilities, which are scant in some parts of the world. For example, the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center, built in 1979 as a YMCA facility, is one of only two Olympic-sized pools in Wisconsin that can host large events, and it is the only facility in ...
Italian swimmer Thomas Ceccon got the internet's heart racing with his abs on display when he won gold in the men's 100-meter backstroke.
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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]
Mount Mathias is a 7,156-foot (2,181-metre) mountain summit located within Olympic National Park in Jefferson County of Washington state. [4] Its nearest higher neighbor is Mount Olympus, 1.76 mi (2.83 km) to the east. [1] Mount Mathias is wedged between the massive Blue Glacier below its west slope, and the Hoh Glacier on the east side.
Sweat Spire is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America. [5] Weather fronts originating in the Pacific Ocean travel northeast toward the Olympic Mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks ( orographic lift ), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snow.