Goat Rocks is an extinct stratovolcano in the Cascade Range, located between Mount Rainier and Mount Adams in southern Washington, in the United States.
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10 Facts About Goat Rocks
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Volcano and the surrounding Goat Rocks Wilderness, established in 1964, are named after the numerous mountain goats which live in the area.
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Together with Mount Adams, Mount Rainier, and Mount St Helens, the Goat Rocks volcano is part of a triangle of volcanoes, an arrangement not found elsewhere in the Cascades.
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Goat Rocks area is notable for its extensive glaciers, despite its modest elevation and southerly location relative to the rest of the Washington Cascades.
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Goat Rocks is a stratovolcano with a somewhat complicated eruptive history.
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Three million years ago Goat Rocks shifted to mafic volcanism, erupting olivine and basalt.
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At this point in time, Goat Rocks's eruptions had very high volumes and extended far from the volcano, possibly because multiple satellite vents contributed to eruptions.
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Eruptions from Goat Rocks formed a spread-out volcanic field populated by small lava domes to the north, with dimensions of 29.
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Goat Rocks is classified as an extinct volcano, as its most recent eruptive activity was during the Pleistocene.
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Goat Rocks obtained its name from a population of mountain goats that can be observed around the mountain.
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