Battle Ax
{{other uses|Battleaxe (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}{{Infobox mountain
| name = Battle Ax
| photo =
| photo_caption =
| elevation_ft = 5566
| prominence_ft = 1018
| range = Cascades
| parent_peak =
| listing =
| location = Marion County, Oregon, U.S.
| map = USA Oregon
| map_size = 240
| map_caption = Location in Oregon
| range_coordinates =
| coordinates = {{coord|44.826610442|N|122.139590469|W|type:mountain_region:US-OR_scale:100000_source:NGS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| topo = USGS Battle Ax
| type = Shield volcano
| age = 1 to 2 million years
| volcanic_arc = Cascade Volcanic Arc
| last_eruption = 1 million years ago
| first_ascent =
}}
Battle Ax{{cite gnis |id=1137578 |name=Battle Ax |accessdate=2008-11-07}} is a shield volcano in the West Cascade Range of Oregon. The shield is mostly made of andesite. The summit, which can be reached via the Battle Ax Mountain trail, marks the boundary between the Mount Hood National Forest and the Willamette National Forest as well as the boundary between the Opal Creek Wilderness and the Bull of the Woods Wilderness.
Battle Ax was supposedly named after the variety of chewing tobacco used by a local logger.
See also
References
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{{cite ngs |id=QE1686 |name=Battle Ax |accessdate=2008-03-31}}
{{cite web |url=https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=28650 |website=peakbagger.com |title=Battle Ax, Oregon |access-date=2021-12-02}}
{{cite web
| url = http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/north_america/battle_ax_mountain.html
| title = Battle Ax Mountain, Oregon
| work = Volcano World | publisher = Oregon State University
| accessdate = 2008-11-12
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130331145503/http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/north_america/battle_ax_mountain.html
| archivedate=2013-03-31}}
{{cite web
| url = http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/willamette/recreation/recarea/?recid=4254
| title = Battle Ax Mountain Trail #3340
| publisher = Willamette National Forest, USDA Forest Service
| accessdate = 2008-03-26}}
{{cite news
| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KdszAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3625%2C6810275
| title = What, Indeed, Is in a Name?
| work = Eugene Register-Guard
| date = December 25, 1971
| accessdate=2015-04-30
| author = Reed, Ione
| pages = 8}}
{{cite ogn |edition=7 |pages=57–58}}
}}
External links
- {{cite summitpost |id=151258 |name=Battle Ax |accessdate=2011-05-07}}
{{Volcanoes of Oregon |state=collapsed}}
Category:Shield volcanoes of the United States
Category:Landforms of Marion County, Oregon
Category:Mountains of Marion County, Oregon
Category:Pleistocene shield volcanoes
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