Landforms of the Pacific Northwest
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English: Landforms of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and northern California; including photographs of volcanoes, lava flows, and flood remnants.
British Columbia
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Black Tusk, volcanic remnant
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Chancellor Peak, Yoho National Park
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Evans Peak, Golden Ears Provincal Park
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Mount Fee, Canada, an inactive volcanic plug.
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Mount Cayley, Canada, seismically active
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Mount Garibaldi, Canada, seismically active.
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Mount Edziza, Canada, seismically active
Washington
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Mount Adams, still active
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Deception Pass, Puget Sound, Washington
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Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park
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Tatoosh Island
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Beacon Rock, Washington, the core of an ancient volcano.
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Yeager Rock, a glacial erratic
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Palouse Falls, a remnant of the Missoula Floods
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Dry Falls, a remnant of the Missoula Floods.
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The Channeled scablands, a remnant of the Missoula Floods.
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The Sisters, a residual of the Missoula Floods in the Wallula Gap.
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Moses Coulee, a remnant of the Missoula Floods.
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The Palouse
Oregon
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Cape Cove, on the Pacific Ocean
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Fort Rock, a tuff ring in Central Oregon
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Koosah Falls, McKenzie River, Oregon
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South Falls, Silver Falls State Park
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Cold Spring Creek, Mount Hood National Forest
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Hells Canyon on the Oregon — Idaho border
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The Columbia Gorge
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Pumice Plateau, Central Oregon
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Hoodoos at John Day Fossil Beds
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Gold Ray Dam across the Rogue River
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Steens Mountain, a fault-block mountain in Eastern Oregon.
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Three Sisters, Oregon. The South Sister has shown recent geologic activity.
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Three Fingered Jack, long dormant
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Broken Top, a dormant stratovolcano.
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The Willamette Meteorite, a glacial erratic.
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Abert Rim, one of the highest fault scarps in the United States
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A playa in the Alvord Desert
Idaho
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Sawtooth Mountains and Salmon River
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Castle and Merriam Peaks, Sawtooth Mountains
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Snake River Canyon
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Pahoehoe lava at Craters of the Moon National Monument
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Little City of Rocks
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Sand dunes near St. Anthony
California
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Mount Shasta, dormant but likely to erupt again
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Cinder Cone at Lassen Volcanic National Park
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Lassen Peak, California, likely to erupt again
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Chaos Crags and Lassen Peak, from Manzanita Lake
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Painted Dunes, Fantastic Lava Beds