Mount Rainier
Mount Rainier is a 14,411-foot (4,392 m) volcano in Washington, USA, located nearly 60 miles (100 km) southeast of Seattle. It is a large active stratovolcano and the highest mountain in Washington and the Cascade Range that is a part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Top of the mountain is covered with perpetual snows and glaciers.
Mount Rainier is a symbol of Washington.
Native Americans called it Tahoma or Tacoma (meaning "mother of water"), and Japanese Americans living in Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area call it Tacoma Fuji (Mount Fuji of Tacoma).
As an icon of Washington State, Mount Rainier is drawn on the Washington State Quarter and the vehicle registration plates of Washington State.
In Japan, a major dairy products company is selling chilled cup coffee (caffe latte) named "Mt. RAINIER", so it can be said that many Japanese people know Mount Rainier as a symbolic mountain in Seattle metropolitan area.
Mount Rainier and the surrounding area (368 sq mi / 950 km2) are protected within a national park. Mount Rainier National Park is 5th oldest national park in the United States, established in 1899. Scince then many people have visited here and enjoyed natures of the mountain. Mount Rainier National Park is operated by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, and about 120 rangers are working here for environmental protection and environmental education.