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Mount Rainier (MRW) is a format for writable optical discs which provides the packet writing and defect management. Its goal is the replacement of the floppy disk . It is named after Mount Rainier , a volcano near Seattle , Washington , United States.
Mount Rainier [a] (/ r eɪ ˈ n ɪər / ray-NEER), also known as Tahoma, is a large active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest in the United States. The mountain is located in Mount Rainier National Park about 59 miles (95 km) south-southeast of Seattle. [9]
In the Mount Rainier National Park area, the Ohanapecosh Formation is overlain by the Oligocene (25-27 Ma) Stevens Ridge Member, that is the lower part of the Fifes Peaks Formation. At Backbone Ridge, southeast of Mount Rainier, clasts of the Ohanapecosh Formation and tree trunks are found in the base of the lowest Stevens Ridge Member.
Mount Rainier, a snowcapped volcano, looms over Puyallup Valley near Orting, Washington. The prospect of a lahar — a swiftly moving debris flow caused by melting snow and ice typically during a ...
Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano southeast of Seattle, Washington. Mount Rainier may also refer to: Mount Rainier National Park, which contains the volcano; Mount Rainier Forest Reserve, a reserve now split between Mount Baker-Snoqualmie, Wenatchee and Gifford Pinchot National Forests
Mount Rainier National Park is a national park of the United States located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County in Washington state. [3] The park was established on March 2, 1899, as the fourth national park in the United States, preserving 236,381 acres (369.3 sq mi; 956.6 km 2) [1] including all of Mount Rainier, a 14,410-foot (4,390 m) stratovolcano.
Mount Rainier is an active volcano. With 28 major glaciers, it’s also the “most glaciated peak” in the contiguous U.S. and the tallest peak in the Cascade Range, according to the park.
Wilkes calculated the height of Mount Rainier using the triangulation method to a height of 12,330 feet, approximately 2000 feet less than the actual height of the mountain. [4] The Wilkes expedition made the first successful navigation over the Naches Pass just north of Mount Rainier, which had been seen as a potential route for overland wagon ...