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Saddle Mountain was created around 15 million years ago in the Miocene epoch when lava flows poured down the old Columbia River valley. When the lava encountered the water at the Astoria Sea, great steam explosions and thermal shocks occurred to create a large pile of basalt rocks .
Saddle Mountain State Natural Area is a state park in northwest Oregon. It is located in the Northern Oregon Coast Range in central Clatsop County , about 20 miles (32 km) by road from Seaside . A 2.5-mile (4.0 km) long hiking trail climbs to the top of Saddle Mountain , which is located in the park.
The top exposed layer of Columbia River Basalt Group basalt in the Saddle Mountains is the Saddle Mountain Basalt, which ranges from 120 – 240 meters (400 – 800 feet) in thickness and is interspersed by sedimentary layers of the Ellensburg Formation. The Saddle Mountain Basalt is composed of the Umatilla Member flows, the Wilbur Creek ...
A 'saddle point' in mathematics derives its name from the fact that the prototypical example in two dimensions is a surface that curves up in one direction, and curves down in a different direction, resembling a riding saddle or a mountain pass between two peaks forming a landform saddle.
Saddle Mountain is a large, conical mountain located on the western side of the West Elk Mountains southeast of Crawford, Colorado.Topped off by North and South Saddle peaks, Saddle Mountain's highest point, South Saddle Peak, has an elevation of 10,005 ft (3,050 m) [1] with over 3,000 ft (910 m) of vertical relief above the valley below.
Saddle Mountain is a 10,670-foot-elevation (3,250-meter) mountain summit located in Yellowstone National Park, in Park County, Wyoming, United States. [ 3 ] Description
South Saddle Mountain: 3,465 1,056 Washington Larch Mountain: 3,452 1,052 Washington Trask Mountain: 3,426 1,044 ... Map of the region with major rivers in blue ...
Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge, in the Hanford Reach National Monument; Saddle Mountains, a ridge in Grant County, central Washington state; distinguished from Saddle Mountain in Mason County, western Washington.