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Mount Lawson (Washington)

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newspaper, and the expedition applied the Mount Lawson toponym to the 4,810-foot peak which is 1.4 miles (2.3 km) southwest. An 1896 National Geographic map labeled the landform "Jingo Peak." Over the years mapmakers shifted the Lawson name to its present position while the Grady and Jingo names
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is significant as the summit rises 3,800 feet (1,200 m) above the river in 1.3 miles (2.1 km).
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from 1894 through 1900. The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the
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era by erosion and glaciers advancing and retreating multiple times.
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fell into disuse and today Peak 4810 is officially unnamed.
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This peak was originally named "Mount Grady" by the 1889-90
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oceanic crust. The mountains were sculpted during the
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Index


Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Mount Christie
Isolation
Coordinates
47°39′23″N 123°35′18″W / 47.6562514°N 123.5883897°W / 47.6562514; -123.5883897
Etymology
Victor Lawson
Mount Lawson is located in Washington (state)
Mount Lawson is located in the United States
Washington
Jefferson
Olympic National Park
Parent range
Olympic Mountains
Topo map
USGS
Age of rock
Eocene
Easiest route
class 2
hiking
summit
Jefferson County
Washington
Olympic Mountains
Olympic National Park
Daniel J. Evans Wilderness

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