Koma Kulshan

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Koma Kulshan is the Indigenous (primarily Lummi) name for Mount Baker, a prominent glaciated stratovolcano in the North Cascades of Washington State.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Koma Kulshan canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glaciated volcano ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
natural geographic feature ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Lummi people ⓘ
Nooksack people ⓘ
other Coast Salish nations ⓘ
hasEruptionStyle explosive eruptions ⓘ
lava flows ⓘ
hasFirstRecordedAscentBy Edmund Thomas Coleman ⓘ
hasGeologicalSetting subduction-related volcanic arc ⓘ
hasGlaciers true ⓘ
hasIndigenousNameMeaning often translated as “white sentinel” or “great white watcher” in local usage ⓘ
hasLanguageFamilyForName Salishan languages ⓘ
hasNameInEnglish Mount Baker ⓘ
hasNameInLummi Koma Kulshan ⓘ
hasNearbySkiArea Mount Baker Ski Area ⓘ
hasNotableFeature extensive glaciation ⓘ
snow-covered summit for much of the year ⓘ
hasProminence high prominence in the North Cascades ⓘ
isEastOf Bellingham, Washington ⓘ
isGlaciated true ⓘ
isManagedBy United States Forest Service ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Forest Service
isMonitoredBy Cascades Volcano Observatory ⓘ
United States Geological Survey ⓘ
isNorthOf Seattle, Washington ⓘ
isPartOf Cascade Volcanic Arc ⓘ
Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
isPopularFor backcountry skiing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
snowboarding ⓘ
isSacredTo Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
Lummi Nation ⓘ
isUsedAs landmark for navigation in the Salish Sea region ⓘ
isVisibleFrom Bellingham, Washington ⓘ
San Juan Islands ⓘ
Vancouver Island on clear days ⓘ
isVolcanoType stratovolcano ⓘ
isWithin Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest ⓘ
locatedIn North Cascades ⓘ
linked to: Cascade Range

United States ⓘ
Washington State ⓘ
linked to: Washington

Whatcom County, Washington ⓘ
linked to: Whatcom County
mountainRange Cascade Range ⓘ
North Cascades ⓘ
linked to: Cascade Range
state Washington ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Baker → hasIndigenousName → Koma Kulshan ⓘ
Koma Kulshan → hasNameInLummi → Koma Kulshan ⓘ