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Seahpo Peak

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Parent range
  
North Cascades

Mountain type
  
Shuksan greenschist

Mountain range
  
North Cascades

Topo map
  
USGS Mount Shuksan

Elevation
  
2,229 m

Age of rock
  
Cretaceous

Seahpo Peak

Location
  
Whatcom County, Washington, U.S.

Similar
  
Nooksack Tower, Mount Blum, Mount Despair, Bacon Peak, Mount Larrabee

Seahpo Peak is a subsidiary peak of Mount Shuksan, which rises in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the main peak of Shuksan and rises to about 7,441 feet (2,268 m). It is located in North Cascades National Park and is part of the North Cascades range.

Map of Seahpo Peak, Washington, USA

Connected to the main peak by the roughly 7,000-foot (2,100 m)-high Jagged Ridge, Seahpo Peak stands to the north at the headwaters of a headstream of Sulphide Creek, a tributary of the Baker River. Several waterfalls tumble off its flanks, including Seahpo Peak Falls and Cloudcap Falls. (Seahpo Peak is sometimes referred to as Cloudcap Peak.) The mountain is also on the south side of the Nooksack Cirque, which forms the headwaters of the Nooksack River. It is bordered by the East Nooksack Glacier to the north and a few smaller unnamed glaciers to the south. It is also connected to Icy Peak by another unnamed ridge.

The mountain derives its name from a French word, chapeau, meaning "hat".

References

Seahpo Peak Wikipedia