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!!! Olympic Mountains and Olympic National Park near Port Angeles [{GoogleMap location='Port Angeles, WA, United States' zoom='9'}]
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Because of the huge amounts of preciptiation, also in the form of snow, it is an area where large glaciers can already form around 1500m, givng the impression of being at a much higher altitude. The highest mountain, Mount Olympus [{GoogleMap location='Mount Olympus, WA, United States' zoom='9'}], is hardly 2500m high!
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Durch die hohen Niederschlagsmengen auch als Schnee gibt es in diesem Bereich bereits ab 1500 m zahlreiche Gletscher und hochalpine Eindrücke, die durchaus an Österreich erinnern. Der höchste Berg, Mount Olympus [{GoogleMap location='Mount Olympus, WA, United States' zoom='9'}], ist keine ganzen 2500 m hoch!
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[{Image src='P1040577.JPG' caption='Olympic mountains near Port Angeles \\Photo: H. Maurer, 2013' alt='Olympic Mountains' class='image_block' height='250' width='333'}]
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[{Image src='P1040585.JPG' caption='Deer in Olympic mountains near Port Angeles \\Photo: H. Maurer, 2013' alt='Olympic Mountains' class='image_block' height='250' width='292'}]
[{Image src='P1040609.JPG' caption='Deers in the Olympic mountains near Port Angeles \\Photo: H. Maurer, 2013' alt='American deer' class='image_block' height='250' width='318'}]
[{Image src='P1040598.JPG' caption='A black bear in the Olympic mountains near Port Angeles \\Photo: H. Maurer, 2013' alt='Olympic Mountains' class='image_block' height='250' width='337'}]
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