Black Buttes

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Black Buttes is a group of eroded volcanic peaks on the northwestern flank of Mount Baker in Washington State, popular with climbers and visible from routes on the mountain.

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Black Buttes canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf eroded volcanic peaks
geological formation
subordinate volcanic cone
formedDuring Pleistocene epoch
hasClimbingHazard icefall exposure
steep loose rock
hasComposition andesitic lava
basaltic andesite
hasCountry United States of America
hasEnvironment alpine
hasGeologicalType stratovolcano remnants
hasHighestSubpeak Colfax Peak
hasNearbyGlacier Coleman Glacier
Roosevelt Glacier
Thunder Glacier
hasNotableSubpeak Colfax Peak
Lincoln Peak
Seward Peak
hasParentPeak Mount Baker
hasRegionalSignificance records earlier phase of Mount Baker volcanism
hasReliefAbove Coleman Glacier
Thunder Glacier
hasRockAge Pleistocene
hasSummitsCharacterizedAs sharp rocky spires
hasVolcanicArc Cascade Volcanic Arc
isAccessedVia Coleman Glacier approach
Heliotrope Ridge trail vicinity
isErodedRemnantOf older volcanic cone of Mount Baker area
isMappedBy United States Geological Survey
isNorthwestOf Baker summit crater
isPartOf North Cascades volcanic arc
isPartOfViewFrom Mount Baker Highway area
linked to: Mount Baker Highway
isPopularFor mountaineering
technical climbing
isSeparatedFrom main Mount Baker edifice
isUsedFor alpine climbing routes training
isVisibleFrom Coleman Glacier route on Mount Baker
Heliotrope Ridge
northwestern routes on Mount Baker
isWithin Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest
liesNorthwestOf summit of Mount Baker
locatedIn United States
Washington State
linked to: Washington

Whatcom County, Washington
linked to: Whatcom County
locatedOnFlankOf Mount Baker
partOf Cascade Range
Mount Baker volcanic field

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