Caroline's+Volcano

=Mount St Helens By: Caroline Crann Core 1=

 Mount St Helens is a __volcano__ that is located in Skamania County, Washington State, USA, in North America. The longitude and latitude coordinates are 46.20 N, 122.18 W. The elevation of Mount Saint Helens is 8,365 feet tall  (9,677 feet before May 18, 1980).  It is part of the cascade volcano arc. It is not part of an __island arc.__ It was known as "Louwala- clough" which means Smoking Mountain by the Indians of the Northwest. Later on it was renamed after a British diplomat, Alleyne Fitzherbet ( whose title was Baron St. Helens) , by Commander George Vancouver.

 Mount St Helens is a currently __active__ volcano amd it is not __extinct__ because it could erupt in the near future. Mount St Helens is a __composite volcano__ because it erupts in different ways at different times. Mt St Helens has erupted a numerous amount of times, but May 18th 1980 is the most known eruption. On May 18th 1980 was a large eruption. It was a destructive eruption. Fifty-seven people were killed during the eruption. Also, the eruption was a __explosive eruption__ and part of the mountain blew away because of the eruption! Today the volcano continues to "rebuild".

 Mount St Helens is located on a convergent plate boundary. The Juan de Fuca plate is being subducted underneath the North American plate which is where Mt St Helens is. It is not a __hotspot__ volcano, but it’s a volcano near a plate boundary.

 One legend is  the mountain was once a beautiful maiden, "Loowit". And the two sons of the Great Spirit "Sahale" fell in love with her, and she couldn’t choose between them. They fought over her, burying villages in the process. Sahale was mad. He erected a mighty mountain peak where they all fell. Because Loowit was really beautiful her mountain was dazzling white. The eruptions have a negative effect on the surrounding civilization. The geography around MT st Helens is really interesting. It has 3 rivers, the Toutle, Kalama and Lewis Rivers which were all affected in the eruption. It is about 96 miles south of Seattle Washington. The average rainfall is 140 inches and the snow on the mountain's upper part can reach 16 feet. It is surrounded by a national forest.

 The closest structure is the Johnston Ridge Observatory, which is about five miles from the __crater__ of MT st Helens. After the eruption in 1980 the volcano continued to erupt until 1986. The mountain is 8,364-feet tall. <range type="comment" id="832991">83-year-old Harry Truman, who had lived near the mountain for 54 years, became famous when he decided not to evacuate before the possible eruption, despite what local authorities said. His body was never found after the eruption they think he died. There have been many explorations by the Europeans such as, in the late 1805s and early 1806s, people of the Lewis and Clark Expedition saw Mount St. Helens from the Columbia River but did not report of an eruption or any signs that one would occur.

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